Pioneer 21txh Subwoofer setting

[Tungsten06GT]

Hey guys,

My A3-300 is coming on Thursday and I wanted to make sure I get everything set up properly. I've got larger towers, so based upon the manual I would set them to "Large." Now, for the subwoofer, it's capable of producing deeper frequencies, so I'm guessing I should set it to "Plus?" The manual says Plus will send lower frequencies from the center and front speakers to the sub.

Anyone have any experience with a similar setup?

 

[bandphan]

Hey guys,

My A3-300 is coming on Thursday and I wanted to make sure I get everything set up properly. I've got larger towers, so based upon the manual I would set them to "Large." Now, for the subwoofer, it's capable of producing deeper frequencies, so I'm guessing I should set it to "Plus?" The manual says Plus will send lower frequencies from the center and front speakers to the sub.

Anyone have any experience with a similar setup?

Small or plus (plus for music only). Do not set your speakers to large.

 

[Tungsten06GT]

SW – LFE signals and bass frequencies of channels
set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer when
YES is selected. Choose the PLUS setting if you want
the subwoofer to output bass sound continuously or
you want deeper bass (the bass frequencies that
would normally come out the front and center
speakers are also routed to the subwoofer).2 If you did
not connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass
frequencies are output from other speakers).

That's from the manual, it makes me think that setting the fronts to large but the subwoofer to plus will allow the fronts to output lower frequencies as well as the subwoofer outputting the same... is that right or will it just sound like crap?

 

[Tungsten06GT]

I should have kept reading haha:

If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS for the subwoofer. This
may not, however, yield the best bass results. Depending on the speaker placement of your room you may actually experience a decrease in
the amount of bass due low frequency cancellations. In this case, try changing the position or direction of speakers. If you can’t get good
results, listen to the bass response with it set to PLUS and YES or the front speakers set to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your ears
judge which sounds best. If you’re having problems, the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to the subwoofer by selecting SMALL
for the front speakers.