I currently have 803s up front and 804s for the rear, with a HTM1 center. My sub is crruntly a SVS 20-35PCI.
I have been working on my room setup. I now think my sub may be my "weak piece" that needs to be improved next. I am hoping this knowledagble grou pcan give some opinions.
I setup my room so I am viewing at the 62% point (room length is 26.66 feet - I am viewing at 17.15) I have given the 804s about 4 fett from the rear wall, and 40" from the sides. The rears have about 20" on each side.
In addition, I have two bass panels and 3 for 1st reflections. I may do more in this area, but I will save that for another day.
Others advise a crossover of 60-80hz. I have read the literature, and think the offloading the bass from the mains/rears make sense.
I don't like crossing at 80hz, because in my setup, I can localize the sub. So I tried crossing at 60hz and 40hz. While at 60hz, the speakers had a little bit sweeter sounding mids, the bass from the sub seemed a little boomy.
When I cross at 40hz, I loose just a little of that sweetness in the mids (not much - have Krell amps with good headrrom). But at 40hz, he bass sounds much tighter with the sub handling only the <40hz signals.
I have heard the SVS sub are good. Is maybe the little bit of boominess I hear becuase it is not EQd. I have considered adding an SMS-1. Or, do I need to upgrade my sub to something like a Velo DD-12?
Regards,
Darrell
I have been working on my room setup. I now think my sub may be my "weak piece" that needs to be improved next. I am hoping this knowledagble grou pcan give some opinions.
I setup my room so I am viewing at the 62% point (room length is 26.66 feet - I am viewing at 17.15) I have given the 804s about 4 fett from the rear wall, and 40" from the sides. The rears have about 20" on each side.
In addition, I have two bass panels and 3 for 1st reflections. I may do more in this area, but I will save that for another day.
Others advise a crossover of 60-80hz. I have read the literature, and think the offloading the bass from the mains/rears make sense.
I don't like crossing at 80hz, because in my setup, I can localize the sub. So I tried crossing at 60hz and 40hz. While at 60hz, the speakers had a little bit sweeter sounding mids, the bass from the sub seemed a little boomy.
When I cross at 40hz, I loose just a little of that sweetness in the mids (not much - have Krell amps with good headrrom). But at 40hz, he bass sounds much tighter with the sub handling only the <40hz signals.
I have heard the SVS sub are good. Is maybe the little bit of boominess I hear becuase it is not EQd. I have considered adding an SMS-1. Or, do I need to upgrade my sub to something like a Velo DD-12?
Regards,
Darrell
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