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| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,I think I ran the SMS-1 setup correctly, setting the overall spectrum level from the speakers to about 80 dB, then matching it closely with the subs. The combined spectrum from 20-200 Hz seems pretty flat except for a hump around 60 Hz, and b... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,I haven't gotten a notice that the HGS-15 is ready for pickup. I plan to feed the equalized output from the SMS-1 to the preamp today or tomorrow. I've designated an input for that procedure.I'll likely sell either the 205 or 105D or both, b... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround I had previously done the quick setup of the Velodyne SMS-1 bass manager, so never really studied the manual. I discovered I should have been feeding the equalized output back to the preamp, a connection I had been failing to make. The aim is to s... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,The HGS-10 is ready for pickup, but I'm waiting for the HGS-15 that I hope may be available next week. Using the setup I described above works well, and an input of the KX-5/20 preamp can be set to by-pass so the SP3 controls level for surrou... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround I've grown suspicious of inserting anything between the Ayre preamp and amp. Even the Marchand fully balanced passive high-pass reduced the sense of openness and air that was quite noticeable. I removed it. That the Bryston SP3 provides 2nd ord... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Tim,Of course I don't know what I'm doing. I'm vacillating with the idea of using daisy-chained Velodyne SMS-1s for both bass management and acoustic room correction.db | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround I'm rethinking the sub woofer setup. I plan to use the Bryston SP3 to manage the subwoofers, the Velodyne SMS-1 to provide acoustic room correction. An output from the Ayre KX-5/20 preamp will go to the SP3; managed output from the SP3 will go t... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround It’s been a long time since I read the Bryston SP3 manual, except for snippets. I should follow Tim’s advice. I had forgotten that HDMI from the disc player goes to the the SP3 for audio distribution, so the SP3 will control what’s passed on to th... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround It may be my imagination, but the bass seems better integrated with the speakers since I changed to the equalized input and output of the SMS-1 from the LFE input and output. The bass hump seems to be gone.db | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround The SP3 distributes the front LR of HDMI audio to a balanced by-pass input of the KX-5/20 preamp that's connected to an SMS-1 as well as to the VX-5/20 amp. If the subs are to be used only for front LR, then the SMS-1s can be daisy chained in a m... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround My primary concern is keeping the stereo and HT setups separate even though there is only a single pair front LR speakers. For stereo I want the link to be Ayre DX-5 DSD and QX-5 sources going to KX-5 preamp and VX-5 amp, with a Marchand passive ... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround My inclination is to separate the subs, but I was looking for arguments against that inclination. | |
| Recommended receiver for HT I concur with caphill; the same disc played on the Ayre DX-5 DSD and Oppo 205 sounds better on the Ayre, perhaps even better than when played on my Ayre C-5xeMP, the component that introduced me to Ayre.Tim, I’ve delivered a Velodyne HGS-10 and -1... | |
| Low-pass + high-pass? Clio09, Charles Hansen had advised against inserting a Bryston 10B active high-pass filter between the KX-5/20 and VX-5/20. Nevertheless. I tired it, and found that it indeed colored the sound, some of the Ayre sense of naturalness was missing. ... | |
| kef 104 / 2. Speakers questions I'd use the KUBE; it was designed as an integral part of the speaker.A Parasound A 21 would be a good choice. |