PSB 5.1 System Help.

[Ares]

Hi gang, I picked up everything this past Thursday and haven't had the chance to set anything up yet but I did take pictures and before I forget I decided to go with the Denon 1910 to run the Show,budget fell a little short so I decided to compromise on the receiver instead of the speakers. I will post my thoughts on the gear after I get it all up and running.

 

[Ares]

Hello to all, had a chance to setup everything and run Audyssey, it had to be adjusted it had the sub distance at 12' when it was more like 4' and the bass was on the thin side no worries though pumped that up to +6db and it's great. I set the crossover at 80Hz and let it run for two hours and the receiver ran cool, now I just had to push the envelope I set the crossover at 40Hz for the fronts and center and left the rears at 80Hz this seemed to help balance some of the bass out but it did make the 1910 work harder because it was alot warmer than before. The build quality of PSB is exceptional I did the high tech knuckle test on all the speakers and heard no resonance. I took of the grills and all I can say is SWEET the woofers look like anodized aluminum but they are polypropylene and one shiny aluminum dome tweeter, I wished the woofer on the sub matched the rest instead of a matte dark gray. Now the C60 is a monster of a center 27"wide x 8.5"high x 11"deep with 2 6.5" woofers, the Subsonic6i isn't the biggest dog on the block but it has a large bite it's a 12incher coming in at 46lbs with a class H Bash amp 225 watts continuous,325 watts dynamic and 650 watts peak. The 6i has crossover settings from 50Hz-150Hz. So on to the performance I don't listen to Jazz or Classical music not my thing so I popped in Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven I was lost in the moment, the music was crystal clear sounded like I was there. Next was Nirvana's All Apologies Live here again PSB performed well I felt like I was sitting there in the audience,now it's time for the sub to shine I put in Tupac's song Hail Mary from his Greatest Hits CD since it has a hard driving bass line, when that first note of bass dropped it felt like I got punched in the chest. The amazing thing is the sub didn't not struggle, it took the hit and asked for more . Well this was a little long sorry but if I left something out feel free to ask and I will try give you a short answer than what I wrote here.

Thanks to all those who gave me advice and answered my questions (even the dumb ones)

Tony

P.S. Here is a Link for my HT pics.

 

[jostenmeat]

First of all, congrats!

I would personally leave the sub distance setting to 12ft. The distance measurement is actually very accurate (something like better than +/- 0.1 ft), and it's measuring electrical and physical delay as a sum. Therefore, it reads your filters/DSP to be about 7ms of delay, plus the 4 ft of distance.

For cabinet resonance, I am not as impressed as you, but who knows what is audible and what is not, I mean, with the results of the incredibly scientific knuckle rap test.

Personally, I find that my C60 can't handles a xover lower than 80, however, it is close to floor, so I don't know how much is boundary and how much is inability. OTOH, my room is significantly treated, including floor. I probably push my center more than many here, if only due to distance and space in a dedicated theater. That said, trust your ears. My T55s seem to handle 60hz just fine, however, just not my C60.

Enjoy.

 

[Ares]

First of all, congrats!

I would personally leave the sub distance setting to 12ft. The distance measurement is actually very accurate (something like better than +/- 0.1 ft), and it's measuring electrical and physical delay as a sum. Therefore, it reads your filters/DSP to be about 7ms of delay, plus the 4 ft of distance.

For cabinet resonance, I am not as impressed as you, but who knows what is audible and what is not, I mean, with the results of the incredibly scientific knuckle rap test.

Personally, I find that my C60 can't handles a xover lower than 80, however, it is close to floor, so I don't know how much is boundary and how much is inability. OTOH, my room is significantly treated, including floor. I probably push my center more than many here, if only due to distance and space in a dedicated theater. That said, trust your ears. My T55s seem to handle 60hz just fine, however, just not my C60.

Enjoy.

Thanks Josten, I am still messing around with settings and what not, so I should change the distance of the sub back to 12' that could explain a few things as to why the sub sounds weird thanks again.

 

[3db]

Congrats Ares!! Glad you like your PSB setup. The subsonic6i may not go as deep as some of the other subs such as SVS but what makes it such a good sub is that it plays incredably flat across its spectrum which makes room integration and integration with the rest of your equipment much easier. Have fun and welcome to the family .