Guys,
Need your advise.. I recently acquired 5.1 sattelite system.
It is Energy micro. Few straightforward questions if you may...
I calibrated my Amp using this speaker setup, but there are dials in the back of the woofer and I need to know how the
knobs need to be positioned when running the calib. test;
Volume Level ? Straightforward to me, but should I set it to minimum or max when calibrating?
Lowpass Filter ? What does this do? Range is from 40 to 150hz
Phase ? Switch with 0 or 180 selection
Somewhat I am not satisfied with flat sound, and both my receiver and Speakers are rave to be outstanding in sound
Am I missing something?
Please help
On the subwoofer, the Volume you will want to start at about 1/2 way up, the lowpass filter turn to the max(150hz) position and the Phase leave at 0, if you have a second sub, you may need to adjust this, but if your running one sub, just leave it.
You should probably make sure that you have crossed over the speakers in the receiver at its max point, I don't know what receiver you have, but the speakers low frequency is only to 150 hz, that is pretty high, so the bass will be localized.
Overall the sound won't be much more then your typical HTiB, I say this and I am a fan of Energy speakers, however the drivers in the speakers and the tweeters are small and will not push a ton of air in your room.
As for sound, Energy speakers are very linear, so they will be very balanced and there won't be a anything standing out more then another, that combined with the slightly laidback highs of Energys sound, you won't get a loud(bright) speaker, nor will it have the deepest bass... this is true throughout there entire line of speakers. However they are easy on the ears and great for music and HT equally.
That being said, you may not like their particular type of sound... you should have auditioned them before getting them.
IMO, I would say that you may like their tower speakers a lot more because they will offer more then what these tiny satelites can offer.
Hope that is helpful.
