Bose home theatre

Hi Pepolk, i'm not familar with your actual system but it sounds like you connect the passive subs to your front left and right speakers. For 5.1 your processor should give you the option of setting the front speakers to large or small. Set the front speakers to large. As for the center and rear speakers the small setting should sound best. You be the judge what appeals best for you. Again i state that i'm not familiar with your system but there seems to be a standard for 5.1 systems and see no reason why your system will be any different. All LFE (low freq effects) should be directed to your front speakers when your front speakers are set to "large" and thus also to your subwoofers. Do you have a manual? What does the manual read? Try it, if you have any problems you can email me and i will try to help. This is a very good site for people interested in this hobby. There are members on this site that have been into this hobby for many years and are very knowledgable and will be glad to help you.

I do not know if you have already purchased the system. In my opinion you would be better off with a HSU Reserach VTF-2 self powered subwoofer($500 list), and a set of Gallo micros ($300/pair, 4-inch spheres). This would be a superior system with very small speakers. You can do better but it would be bigger, and possibly more$

Good luck.

to be brief...bose is crap. i dont know what your budget is and therefore cant make a reccomendation, other than DONT buy bose.

Justy i'm very curious, what do you own? I beleive Pepolk was asking for help not for your opinion on his choice of equipment. So what do you have? My system retails for over 40k and i don't feel no need to get Mr Pepolk upset or knock his system or anybodys elses. Live and let live.

Hi Pepolk, I also am not familiar with which specific system you have, but I would doubt that passive subs in general will give you the low end you are looking for - unless you are driving them with large high current amps- from your question I think you are not, and especially if it is one of the Bose type subs. It won't be ideal (clean and fast) for music bass/ percussion and will be fat and muddy for explosions/dinosaurs walking, etc. In general the bose stuff is very fat and boomy down low. Bose does a great job marketing, and many people are very happy with their stuff. If you are happy, then you are right in your system. On the other hand, if you have not yet purchased the system, and I am not sure if you are talking about the Acoustimass stuff or one of the Bose complete HT systems including the processor and all, I would highly recommend looking at some other options. For pure sound production you can do a lot better for the money. If the aesthetics are of paramount importance, there are still several good options. I don't want to go too deeply into it here, but if you want , feel free to email me and I'll give you a few of my thoughts. If you already own the Bose stuff, then enjoy it. Most audiophiles poo poo Bose, and please try to look aside from the Bose bashing that will probably follow in this thread. I personally think you can do alot better with a little looking. That said, I owned a pair of 901s back in college and loved them for that time in my life. So I guess back to your question, I doubt you will get good bass from them . In additon, if they are passive, in a 5.1 system, you will need as seperate power supply (amp) for them as most sub "outs" are not amplified by the receiver and certainly not by a preamp/processor. Another concern is that the sub may not take a dedicated amp "in". Look at the back and see what type of connection it has. Hope this was helpful, and feel free to email me. Happy listening.

Todd