Have been occasionally peaking into Storm threads and don't think that many do have such powerful setups. But the frequent questions are about upgrade for front towers and getting additional subs.Agreed and I saw that years ago with Jamo D870 when running them fullrange. The little 6.5" midwoofer was clearly overdriven with LFE mixed into the mains but luckily they didn't pop. Since that day I'll always set my LCR speakers to small.
And all actual StormAudio owners have LCR+S speakers with powerful 10-12" high X-max woofers to cope with the demands of ART? Have there been reports of blown speakers in the StormAudio community?
Can't D&M apply a walkthrough menu for ART (like they already have for the initial setup) where you enter all your speaker data (cone size, sensitivity, ...) to set ART support limits and avoid possible damage?
ART will measure your speakers, just like Dirac or Audy, and will suggest the cut off frequencies and curves, but you can override them. Can't recall exactly as have not had much ART time, but think you need to designate yourself which speakers will support which speakers (by assigning them into groups as well). From my experience it is really important to keep the original curves. I have tried many times to extend them by +5dB and speakers did not like it with LFE distribution.
@ban25 - There is similar setting in ART that allows you to increase or decrease support from any given speaker, but again it will be more difficult to set than LFE distribution. For LFE distribution you put a bass heavy track (like the one you know is really heavy) and you set it up. For ART, you don't actually know when will the given speaker be called to provide significant level of support so more difficult to set the level. Some people might get impatient at this point and increase the level of support that would be beyond wise.