[Duncan]

Hi again...

The cut off point for the sub, isn't it changeable? - or do you mean that even at maximum bass 'boost', your regular speakers are only just mixing in with the sub at that point - and that it sounds like there is a hole in your soundscape?

I wouldn't have thought the speakers cut off point would be any lower than 100hz maximum, and i'm pretty sure that subs... even when working normally can go higher than that??

 

[Joe Bloggs]

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or do you mean that even at maximum bass 'boost', your regular speakers are only just mixing in with the sub at that point - and that it sounds like there is a hole in your soundscape?

That's pretty much it... my optimal setting was with xover: 120-200Hz (usually 200Hz), and sometimes with an EQ setting on the Onkyo that bumped up the midbass.

I don't think the speaker output has a cutoff--otherwise I can't drive a sub with it! But the speakers drop off very soon.

 

[CRESCENDOPOWER]

Sorry about your problem Joe, but I find humor in this thread. I hope it goes on forever.

 

[Wodgy]

You may want to think about better speakers (and/or an amp with more oomph at lower frequencies) if you have to cross your subwoofer at 200 Hz for coherent sound.

Sound at 200 Hz is perceptibly directional, e.g. you'll be hearing an instrument playing to your left, then suddenly it moves to the subwoofer location when the musician plays a low note. In general this isn't considered a good thing in hi-fi (in fact the Bose Lifestyle system subwoofer is crossed at 200 Hz...).

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Well, as I noted in another thread, I know my system has imaging problems in the bass, but overall I think it still images better than headphones.

I think the subwoofer response is significantly dropped off from 100 to 200Hz, crossover or not.

 

[ServinginEcuador]

Joe,

Truly sorry to hear about the mistake that proved so costly!!

This really helped understand the DOH and smoke you added to your avatar. I kept seeing it without a clue as to why you did that to it. Now it makes sense and I'm sorry to hear about how it happened!!!

 

[wallijonn]

Joe,

if you want to use a subwoofer, how about buying an A/V receiver that has subwoofer outputs?

how about a URL to the subwoofer? and where did you get this subwoofer from? i would think that a 50Hz to 70Hz 24 dB/octave crossover point would be a more ideal than a 200Hz crossover. if it's that high, i can easily see a 6 dB/octave crossover on it.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Subwoofer description: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pi...22,390,00.html