Home theater crossover question


I mounted my surround side speakers on the wall, so I used my Onkyo TX-SR803 receiver's auto configuration feature. I went into speaker setup when it was done and looked at the crossover settings, and now I have a question.

It set the front speakers to 200hz and the subwoofer to 120hz. Assuming the front speakers send everything under 200hz to the sub and the sub only goes up to 120hz, does everything from 121hz to 199hz get lost? Shouldn't the speaker crossover point be the same as the sub? Thanks.
scuby

Showing 1 response by markphd

Like Kal said, the slope of the crossover is also important. That will take care of the 120 to 200 Hz range.

However. also like Javachip says, if your sub is crossed over that high, you're going to localize it. Even more problematic in my view is the fact that your crossover is is the audible mid-range for human voices, to which the ear is most sensitive.

You may not want to hear this, and you didn't ask in your thread, but I think you should seriously consider new front speakers if they have to be crossed over that high. There are many respectable, inexpensive, smaller speakers that don't have to be crossed over that high. There are too many problems that your settings will cause that will noticeably detract from the enjoyment of your HT.