Do you adjust your subwoofer


I have kef reference 3 speakers and a rel 510 subwoofer 

 I keep the  crossover low and the volume low as well. It gives just a little extra down low

I was wondering if people bump up the subwoofer when using it for movies, just for the extra thrill

 

crwindy

I get that a calibrated to room setup is ideal.  Its the goal. An "all else being equal" thing.  But it requires a test tone/sweep.  Then an actual recording comes up and guess what, you may not feel that they mixed the bass high enough or maybe way to high.  I don't feel it's wrong to adjust it.  Do we sometimes add salt or a sauce to a cook's preparation even at a good restaurant?  I use a hi-pass on my mains, appropriate sub cut-off etc but there are some recordings that just don't seem to have enough bass at all.  Less common,  some seem too hot.  My 2 cents.   

@bigwave1 Please send a link to the test disc you recommend; there are several sold by Granite.

Movie sound tracks have a 4db increase for the LFE channel. So if you are not running a home theater processor adding 4db would be about right.  

Aerial sw12, I bump in up for my some of my boom boom visitors, other than that not much.