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Thank you. I am very aware of the system. Dear Siegfried was a good friend RIP.It's for the LXMini+2 using a DLCP and 6 UcD180s.
Thank you. I am very aware of the system. Dear Siegfried was a good friend RIP.It's for the LXMini+2 using a DLCP and 6 UcD180s.
That is why I asked to vote for the setup you use for listening music, critically. If you kindly vote for that, please.But but but… I have three subwoofers, and I use them in different ways. For home theater and music in my preamp… speakers set the small, and the same for two channel which I usually listen to in pure direct mode. As long as speakers are set to small in pure direct mode there is subwoofer output from the pre-pro.
I also use an XLR switcher to switch between my tube preamp and my pre-pro. That way I run the single ended out to the subs and let the subs do the crossover, and the XLR outs to my amps.
Choice is good at times.
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My vote was ACR LR speakers set to small
I did voteThat is why I asked to vote for the setup you use for listening music, critically. If you kindly vote for that, please.
Thank you.I did vote
You’re very welcomeThank you.
Please use option two as it is an an external xover to the main amplifier. Thank you.I use the missing option 6: the crossover inside the sub. It gets the stereo signal from the preamp and outputs the high passed stereo signal to the active speakers.
Done.Please use option two as it is an an external xover to the main amplifier. Thank you.
Thank you for voting.Voted for the last one, all of my speakers are active, the subwoofer handles the crossover in software, and I tell the surround sound processor/pre-amp that I don't have a subwoofer so that it sends the full range to the speakers which are set to large.
Curious what the use case is, or what this poll helps to determine though, as there's a priority list in my mind:
1. Have full control over the crossover using a MiniDSP or similar. It is irrelevant to set any speaker to any size.
2. Have some control over the crossover using a receiver. Small and Large are again irrelevant.
3. Having little control over the receiver and having to reply on setting something to Small or Large and the crossover being a black box.
Thank you for voting.
The definition of small/large is for AVR users as it is a common description for HP filter used or not for the main speakers.
I do however am intrigued with your phrase "subwoofer handles the crossover in software". Can you kindly elaborate how your system is setup?
Thank you for the explanation. I knew of the Genelec 7271 subwoofers but was not familiar with it. Interesting setup it offers. However, I can see why Genelec discontinued it. It looks like it can only work as a 2-ch system, whereas the world has gone ga-ga with multi-channel immersive audio.Unless the bass roll off slope of the speaker and subwoofer are identical, I think it's bad practice for an AVR to not have a high pass and a low pass filter.
My Genelec 7271 subwoofer takes digital AES inputs, runs them through a DSP, plays the bass, and sends the rest of the signal to Genelec 8260 monitors.
From what I can tell, if I mute the subwoofer, the 8260 pair is not playing the deep bass the subwoofer handles unless I turn off bass management and it just sends everything through.
Option 2 if you feed the active speakers by the active crossover's HP output, option 1 if you feed them directly from your source.I have active speakers and an outboard crossover to the subs. I'm not sure which option to pick.
Please vote for 3 and 4. Thank you.I use the same system for Movies/Tv and Music. Watching video content accompanied by audio I use the 3rd option AVR with LR set to small. For 2 channel music I use Option 4 AVR with LR set to large. For multichannel music I use option 3 again. Sometimes I want to just hear my front two speakers with no sub support. Sometimes I want MOAR Bass and include the subs. It’s all down to mood, content and if the wife is listening (no subs for her). Variety of configuration is important to me.
In functionality they are the same but I also wanted to gather information about the type of system used, stereo or multichannel.Imho I see Options 1 & 2 as the same thing as Options 3 & 4. Where Option 1 equals 3 and Option 2 equals 4.