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I know that the answer to this question may well be, "whatever sounds best," but I just want to make sure that I have the technical side of it correct.

My new Yamaha RXV377 uses an optimiser mic and then you can fiddle with the settings afterwards.

I have set my sub to half volume and dialled up the crossover to max to allow the receiver to manage the bass crossover.  I have the 100Hz Pioneer SSL100 speaker set and so all speakers are set to "small".  However, as the minimum response on these speakers is 100Hz, I have set the crossover to 120Hz, to allow a 'safety' threshold.

As anything below 120Hz is non-directional does the above appear technically correct?  The bass doesn't seem to be "thudding" and the sound field does seem to mix well enough.

Once I have this sorted, I will be messing with the sub phase next :-)

Thanks

Nick

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flyingmonkey says...
"The bass doesn't seem to be "thudding" and the sound field does seem to mix well enough."
That's it really, your amp will take care of the crossover frequencies, to get the best balance between your speakers and sub. So much easier than before!

Though you might have to careful go through the amp settings and turn off things that make the bass louder at lower volumes, I have to do that. Because when I turn it down I want it all down!


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flyingmonkey says...
"Once I have this sorted, I will be messing with the sub phase next :-)"
Your amp will have done that too, you shouldn't need to touch it. :)


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The amp has set everything and does mange it, but I overrode the crossover to set it to 120.

Yes, the amp manages phase, but I can override this too.

Thanks

Nick



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Just found in the manual for the speakers where it says that the crossover should be set to 200. That seems too high for 100Hz speakers with a powered sub, so I'll leave it at 120.

Thanks

Nick



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