<font color='#000000'>Hello!
I have a room that's about 2500 cubic feet, and I have a problem. My Marantz SR8200 receiver has a THX Select mode (optimised for smaller rooms, around 2000 cubic feet) to watch movies which attenuates the too bright highs from soundtracks optimised for huge theater spaces and makes dipole surround speakers even more subtle... I used to watch movies on that mode because I thought, heck, it's THX.
But all this has a negative aspect to it; I have a reference set of Boston Acoustics VR-M speakers (except my sub which is a a PV800) which means that my two main front speakers are low-frequency capable, but with the THX mode on, they can't shoot frequencies lower than 80 hertz which is, well, sad to the ear...
Therefor, I'd like to know what you think about the THX mode in general based on your experience and also based on my situation... With my room size, which is bigger than the 2000 cubic feet that THX Select is optimised for, and my loss of cool stereo bass (which I can compensate a little by boosting my sub volume up a little though, but it' sjsut not the same), do you still think I should use it? Or should I simply watch movies in regular DTS or Dolby and reduce the treble slightly to attenuate the sometimes irritating too bright high frequencies in soundtracks?
I'd appreciate any feedback on this THX vs The Other Modes issue.
Thanks!
Mat
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