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 The Official Subwoofer Thread v3, Everything you need to know about bass!

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car_men
post Nov 25 2011, 11:05 PM

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hi.. i bought a wharfedale sw150 and confused with the LPF settings and my amp settings...

currently my sub LPF have this option

85Hz
75Hz
65Hz
55Hz
45Hz
35Hz

LPF - On/Off

My amp settings

Speakers all set to Small
LFE - 120Hz

what is the best settings for the sub?
car_men
post Nov 26 2011, 04:13 PM

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QUOTE(klimal @ Nov 25 2011, 11:38 PM)
LPF off at the subwoofer side.
Let the avr do the bass management. It will send signals for the LFE from 120Hz and below to the sub.
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car_men
post Nov 27 2011, 10:45 PM

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i realised my surround speakers distorted whenever there's heavy LFE... all my speakers are set SMall & at 80Hz..

as for the sub.. i've turned off the LPF and adjusted it to max 85Hz.. sub volume at around 45 hmm...

izzit speakers Hz settings not right?

This post has been edited by car_men: Nov 27 2011, 11:09 PM
car_men
post Nov 28 2011, 10:45 AM

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im temporarily using satellite speakers and tested Rambo 4 blu-ray.. distorted during VERY BIG explosions... sweat.gif or is it because of the source can't output 7.1 on my 5.1?

other movies no problem....

if you got Rambo 4 maybe can test and see.. rclxms.gif

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car_men
post Nov 28 2011, 11:13 AM

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QUOTE(htkaki @ Nov 28 2011, 10:59 AM)
Maybe you need to set the crossover freq to higher. Try 120-140Hz since it is a satellite spkrs. Seldom that sat could go below 120Hz.
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car_men
post Nov 28 2011, 07:26 PM

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QUOTE(sphiroth @ Nov 28 2011, 04:22 PM)
From my onkyo AVR manual, if the satellite has less than 9cm diameter, crosssover need to set to to 150hz or 200hz.
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ic.... i'm using center and rear satellite speakers from Onkyo SKS HT528.. it stated 8cm...... and front using tower speakers.. quite rojak.. sweat.gif

Specs

Impedance : 6 ohm
Max input power : 120w
output sound pressure : 81 db/W/m
Frequency response : 80 Hz - 20 kHz
Speaker : 8cm Cone...

I've adjust both my center and rear to 120 Hz.. should be ok... tested on Captain America..

time to upgrade my center and rear! sweat.gif

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