Infinity PS-120 SUB

[erict]

This is a copy and paste from another forum and I think he is being told incorrectly on how to set his crossover. What do you think?

Hello all, i have a infinity ps 210 sub, on the back of the sub there is a crossover knob that goes up to 150 and a volume knob before I run the audyssey set up what should I set the crossover and volume at on the sub, I am also using all infinity primus LRC speakers with an onkyo 506 avr. thanks


Response:

On the PS 210, set the crossover at 80 and the volume at center position. Then run Audyssey.


Hope this helps... Instructions/directions from both Audyssey and the sub manufacturer...

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by erict

This is a copy and paste from another forum and I think he is being told incorrectly on how to set his crossover. What do you think?

Hello all, i have a infinity ps 210 sub, on the back of the sub there is a crossover knob that goes up to 150 and a volume knob before I run the audyssey set up what should I set the crossover and volume at on the sub, I am also using all infinity primus LRC speakers with an onkyo 506 avr. thanks


Response:

On the PS 210, set the crossover at 80 and the volume at center position. Then run Audyssey.


Hope this helps... Instructions/directions from both Audyssey and the sub manufacturer...

He left out "in your receiver" after "set the crossover at 80."

[erict]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

He left out "in your receiver" after "set the crossover at 80."

No, he is insisting that the crossover should be set at 80Hz on the sub.

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Originally Posted by erict

No, he is insisting that the crossover should be set at 80Hz on the sub.

Then he can go right ahead, but he is not letting the receiver do it's job, which is to handle the low frequency cutoff (he is bypassing the LPF of LFE unless he sets the crossover in the receiver to less than 80Hz ), thus making the sub work that much harder.....I think it's the lesser way between the two of setting up the crossover, but it can be done. I sure as hec won't do it this way....

[erict]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Then he can go right ahead, but he is not letting the receiver do it's job, which is to handle the low frequency cutoff (he is bypassing the LPF of LFE unless he sets the crossover in the receiver to less than 80Hz ), thus making the sub work that much harder.....I think it's the lesser way between the two of setting up the crossover, but it can be done. I sure as hec won't do it this way....

I always get confused with the LPF for the LFE since my receiver only has a HPF. If he would say set it at 120Hz then he would be missing 40Hz of LFE, correct?

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Originally Posted by erict

I always get confused with the LPF for the LFE since my receiver only has a HPF. If he would say set it at 120Hz then he would be missing 40Hz of LFE, correct?

Yep, the sub would only take the frequency from 80Hz and below, losing everything from 80Hz to 120Hz. Plus you have the sub doing the work, and why you would want that when your receiver can? This is not the smartest thing to me.

[erict]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Yep, the sub would only take the frequency from 80Hz and below, losing everything from 80Hz to 120Hz. Plus you have the sub doing the work, and why you would want that when your receiver can? This is not the smartest thing to me.

There where enough people chiming in saying the same thing as me and now he has re-thought his theory

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Originally Posted by erict

There where enough people chiming in saying the same thing as me and now he has re-thought his theory

.....it may take a while, but common sense should always win.

[erict]

Well I spoke to soon. This guy is persistent. He still insists that the poster should set the crossover on the back of the sub to 80Hz. And he calls himself a professional who has tested this sub 10 times in the last several months. He says "Because that is the IDEAL setting to use for this particular sub/receiver combination. Proven through testing, and real world use" The OP is using an Onkyo 506 and a Infinity ps 210 sub.