Can anyone offer some advice for me. . .
I just replaced my faulty Yamaha sub with a Polk PSW10 which seems really great. Placement isn't ideal but I'm very limited.
My main front speakers are slightly larger than classic "bookshelf" (AE Evo 1) good low response but even so I did set them as 'small' along with all other speakers as recommended.
Disagree. Evo 1 are typical bookshelf sized speakers. With a low end 3dB point of 50 Hz are neither bad, nor particularly good, at producing bass.
Receiver is Yamaha RX-V679- also really pleased with.- I can setup a crossover of 80Hz for the sub but there's no option for crossover on the other speakers.
Not exactly, see manual page 105, when you set the
"Bass Cross Over" value (e.g. 80 Hz) that sets the crossover for all speakers set to "Small". Signal content below the selected frequency is sent to the sub and content above it is sent to the appropriate speaker (i.e. L/C/R or Surround).
- Yamaha's description is poorly worded and confusing on this point.
My question is- If I set the subwoofer level at the desired level for films does that mean that I'm not getting the best sound for music?
I presume that for music the lower bass frequencies are sent to the sub?
When properly dialed in, your sub supports film and music equally well. A sub is set in relation to your speakers, your sub, its placement, and the room. Properly set is properly set.
Music sounds quite punchy but I would like it to feel less punchy and have a bit more mid bass.
This is a function of the sub, placement and room. FWIW: The PSW10 is not a very capable sub and sounds boomy when pushed too hard.
To be honest I feel that my ideal music sound is to have all the speakers set as large with no sub. But that's obviously not possible.
It is possible if you change
Sub to None in the Setup menu.
Cheers,
XEagleDriver
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