Sub Cross Over Help


Need a little help from you guys running subs. Let me start off with what I have. Power amp, Krel FPB400 CX, KCT pre amp, Bryston CD player, B&W 804s's with a Rel R328 sub. I've been doing a lot of research and reading and learned a great deal from you guys on this site. As of right now I have the sub crossed over at 40hz. The sub is next to the left speaker 18 inches from the corner and 8 inches from the back wall. The speakers are 10 ft apart and a fot from the back wall with my 55 inch plasma TV in the center. My listening distance is 10 ft from the speakers and the room size is 17 x 14. I've used a RTA with a 40hz tone to match the sub with my full range speakers. Everything seems to sound extremely well. The imaging and sound stage is superb. Only thing I've noticed depending on the music I play. I sometimes have to turn down the gain on the sub by 5 clicks, which I'm sure is normal. The gain on the sub sits at 16 clicks from zero. Let me know what you guys think and what I can do to improve my system if any. Please let me know.
dancer

Showing 1 response by hevac1

Dancer,

The fact that when you changed your subs location and it helped, you may want to try this for sub location. This is how I placed my subs.
Pick some music with lots of bass or the Yellow album you were talking about. Set your systems volume at the level you like to listen at. Turn your system off and put your sub where you normally sit. Disconnect your main speakers and turn your system back on. Get on your hands and knees, crawl around the room until you find the location where the bass sounds the best to you. Put your sub in that location and reconnect your main speaker, then listen. You still may have to make adjustments but the bass should be more uniformed.
You do need an SPL meter to get the volume correct at all speakers to start as Kal said.
I myself do not like subsonic bass when I listen to 2 channel music so I have a crossover to deal with the differences in bass between 2 channel and movie surround sound.
Enjoy