Questions on new subwoofer

[jomari]

Originally Posted by dborgill

5 - What I meant is a have a mix of small speakers and a large center channel. I don't know what levels I should set my speakers to and if I should truly sent my center to LARGE and others to SMALL. I have read that if I set speakers to large, it takes some bass signal away from the sub.

Set all your speakers to SMALL, no matter what size they are. LARGE settings are for speakers that can handle the full range dynamics that the AVR will reproduce, while setting it to SMALL will send the frequencies lower than the crossover settings (which you will determine, starting point at 80hz), and redirect it to the subwoofer, allowing your AVR to focus on the midrange and higher frequencies, equalling better sound reproduction.

Its not that it takes away the signal to the subwoofer, it just would push the entire frequency to the mains. The Sub will still have its own 'signal' but that would the the designated LFE signal its receiving. What would happen if you set a crossover point, it would redirect that TO the subwoofer, to reproduce.

I also want to clarify that LFE+Main is not also a good/ideal setting as well. instead of having one point of origin for the lower frequencies, you will be having four (the sub, Left, right center speakers), and would possibly cause cancellations, or worse, standing waves.