Help on configuring my receiver!

[guitarplyrstevo]

I finally got my Polk Audio RTi12's today and have a couple questions. I have an Onkyo TX-SR574 with a Klipsch Synergy Sub-10 and am not sure what I should set the cross over to on my Onkyo. Also what should I set the crossover to on the subwoofer? I have no power amplifier to drive the RTi12's. So far all I have set is the front speakers to large. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you

 

[MDS]

Since you have a sub, you want to set the RTi12's to Small. I believe they go down to about 40 Hz so you can use 60 Hz or 80 Hz as a crossover. If you really want extra bass you can set the RTi's to Large and set the 'double bass' option on the receiver to on.

The sub's xover should be set as high as it will go since you will be using the receiver to do the bass managment. Some subs have a dedicated input that bypasses the sub's internal xover (often labeled 'LFE') and if your sub has one then use it for the connection to the receiver - in that case the position of the sub's xover dial is irrelevant because it will be bypassed.

 

[guitarplyrstevo]

Since you have a sub, you want to set the RTi12's to Small. I believe they go down to about 40 Hz so you can use 60 Hz or 80 Hz as a crossover. If you really want extra bass you can set the RTi's to Large and set the 'double bass' option on the receiver to on.

The sub's xover should be set as high as it will go since you will be using the receiver to do the bass managment. Some subs have a dedicated input that bypasses the sub's internal xover (often labeled 'LFE') and if your sub has one then use it for the connection to the receiver - in that case the position of the sub's xover dial is irrelevant because it will be bypassed.

Ok I set my RTi12's to "large" with "double bass" activated and it is crossed over at 80hz. Now the subwoofer does have a LFE input however the crossover still is in effect. So what you want me to do is plug it in the LFE input and then set it to high as in 120hz?

 

[MDS]

Most newer subs have at least one input that bypasses the internal xover. Sometimes it is a specific input labeled 'LFE' and sometimes there is only one input but there is a switch to set it to bypass. I'm not familiar with that particular sub but the concept is always the same.

If you use the input (or flip the switch) that bypasses the internal xover then it doesn't matter what the position of the sub's xover dial is in because it will not be used. If you cannot disable the sub's internal xover, then you set the xover as high as it will go so it doesn't interfere with the xover from the receiver.