Def. Tech Fronts - LFE Question

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by JENKS

So big daddy I see you have a denon 4308 I have the 3808. I should set all speakers to large and subwoofer to yes as victor stated?

No, if you have a subwoofer that is properly placed in the room, all other speakers should be set to SMALL, regardless of their low frequency extension.

I own a pair of vintage Def Tech BP2000 from the mid 1990's. They are equivalent of BP7000's of today and some believe they sound better. They have two 15" powered subwoofers. Their low frequency extension is 15Hz. I also have 4 very powerful external subwoofers in the room. I set the BP2000's to SMALL with a crossover frequency of 60Hz. I have tried LARGE, 40Hz, and 60Hz crossovers, but decided that at 60Hz, the sound in the room is the best.

SMALL = The speakers are bass managed.
LARGE = The speakers are not bass managed.

The built-in subwoofers of my Def Techs are connected to the pre-outs for the front speakers. Two speaker wires are connected to the midrange and tweeter inputs. The two front receivers receive only signals from the front speaker outputs. The LFE chanel is connected to the 4 external subwoofers through the Velodyne SMS-1 subwoofer equalizer/analyzer. I use external amplifiers for all my speakers. The Denon receiver only acts as pre-amp/processor. The back of my audio rack looks like a power station. You should see my monthly electric bill.