what crossover setting ...

mike c

mike c

Audioholic Warlord
since the HK receivers can set different crossover freqs. for each set of speakers: 40, 60, 80, 100hz

if your front towers had ...
Frequency Response (±3dB): 35Hz – 20kHz
30Hz – 40kHz (– 6dB)

if your center had...
Frequency Response (±3dB): 45Hz – 20kHz
40Hz – 40kHz (– 6dB)

if your surrounds had ...
Frequency Response (±3dB): 60Hz – 20kHz
55Hz – 40kHz (– 6dB)

what crossover setting would you set them? (currently, it's 60 80 80)
 
MACCA350

MACCA350

Audioholic Chief
Don't quote me on this, but I remember reading a while back about the use of different Xover settings for different speakers within a system, I think the conclusion was that there were better results using the same Xover point for all speakers.

When your DD arrives you'll see exactly where your speakers are best set at for your room;) Until the you could experiment with different settings(I'd start with 80Hz and go from there) and find what suits you, or you could try TrueRTA

cheers:)
 
mike c

mike c

Audioholic Warlord
what DD? :) im trying to convince myself i don't need it.

whatever happens, Im going to decide after my PRE-honeymoon shopping spree in hongkong. (might buy me a palm handheld, phone, camera flash, laptop and a crapload of clothes - sale over there)
 
AVRat

AVRat

Audioholic Ninja
Since you're running the Rotel on your mains, your settings would be my choice.
 
C

cyberbri

Banned
Usually it's recommended to set the crossover point 1 octave above the extension of the speakers, OR 20-30Hz above that point. Crossovers blend the signals on "slopes", so you'll still get signal to the speakers well below the crossover point. THX spec is 80Hz, and many, if not all, sound mixing engineers will be using that in their own studios to mix the soundtracks for the DVDs.

You can do it arbitrarily. Or, you can take some measurements with test tones and an SPL meter and see what gives the best performance (flattest response). If you get the sub and speakers integrated well, you should be able to switch between the mains only (Large) and the sub + Mains (small) and not notice a difference except depth of the extension the sub adds. If you have a disconnect, where the sound is disjointed, it could be phase issues.

Then you have to see how it sounds to your ears. Doing tests, I found that 100Hz for my center channel (I have an HK as well) had the flattest response through the crossover region. But on certain male voices, some of the bottom end of the voices were coming from the sub. I lowered it to 80Hz and that is gone now. (BTW, I have my Ascend speakers crossed at 80Hz on my HK AVR330).


I assume you've already checked which phase setting on the sub works best too (it's not always 0degrees - 2 times with 2 subs in 2 rooms, with the sub in the front of the room, 0 degrees has given me lots of phase cancellation and 180 degrees is pretty flat).
 
S

Snarl

Audioholic
What you have looks good to me, you could try all @ 60Hz and see if you notice a difference.
 
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