Definitive Owners Thread - Page 900

Originally Posted by josh6113 

glad you had luck with those settings....and yes if your used to chest pounding a big sub will do that......also how do you have your towers connected?...speaker wire only?....and what position on your towers do you have the knob set too?

Originally Posted by haroon08 

ok so setting the crossover to 50hz definitely kills a lot of the bass. However setting the speakers to small and flattening them out does help. I set the towers to 0db and the sub to -3db. It sounds cleaner, however it is still a little muddy with the gain up all the way on the sub. If i lower it, I don't get enough chest thumping mid bass. I think its just that I am a bass junkie and need either a sealed or bigger sub. Does anyone have the HSU VTF-15H with their 8060's? any other recommendations for subs under 1K?

Originally Posted by zoetmb 

You mean "cutting off all the bass....from 50Hz up" to the subwoofer, right? To the mains, it's cutting from 50Hz down. But is the Pioneer applying that if you don't have a subwoofer? My Pioneer recognizes that I don't have a subwoofer, all my speakers are set to "large", but it still makes me apply the crossover and the lowest possible setting is 50Hz. Is it in effect, cutting off 50Hz and below from my main speakers or does it ignore the setting? If the former, any way around that without going "Direct"?
And I think there's something wrong with your description anyway. Because how does it know what is bass on the main channels? It has to apply a filter to those channels, which is in effect, a crossover.

Originally Posted by josh6113 

ok...reason why I ask is since you have a external sub try just running your towers with just speaker wire and no RCA....then use 1 RCA from your external sub into reciever....when I first got my towers I wasn't thrilled with them much but the more I tinkered with them and the settings I found I really love them and would never part with them....also in your MCACC settings do you have the option under subwoffer set to on or plus?

Originally Posted by Joe@Definitive 


Hello Yosh, I like it... with spinning hubcap too, so that when you play around with speaker placement, you have a truly pimped-out ride...

Seriously, we haven't considered this for several reasons. First, some folks aren't as handy as others, and we would likely wind up with some happy customers... and a few really unhappy ones...If you don't get the drivers seated right, and there is an air leak, deep bass response is impossible. You can make a $2,000 pair of speakers sound like a $300 pair pretty fast.

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Best regards, Joe

Originally Posted by Felton007 

Ok, "Final?" configuration. I was able to pick up two Supercube III's for about $215 each. As I already had one sitting around, I used all three to achieve full range on all channels by adding them to the center and side speakers. That puts my setup at L & R BP30's, center CLR2000/Supercbe III, side surrounds BPVX/Supercube III, rear surrounds Pro Tower 400's, LFE SVS 16-46. Kinda scary watching action flicks. I did the calibration, then had to turn the gain on all of the subs down to about 9:00.

Originally Posted by Felton007 

Ok, "Final?" configuration. I was able to pick up two Supercube III's for about $215 each. As I already had one sitting around, I used all three to achieve full range on all channels by adding them to the center and side speakers. That puts my setup at L & R BP30's, center CLR2000/Supercbe III, side surrounds BPVX/Supercube III, rear surrounds Pro Tower 400's, LFE SVS 16-46. Kinda scary watching action flicks. I did the calibration, then had to turn the gain on all of the subs down to about 9:00.

Originally Posted by otk 

awesome set-up Felton

Originally Posted by josh6113 

As would I ....and thses vids are just for fun...nothing serious...

Originally Posted by haroon08 

ok so setting the crossover to 50hz definitely kills a lot of the bass. However setting the speakers to small and flattening them out does help. I set the towers to 0db and the sub to -3db. It sounds cleaner, however it is still a little muddy with the gain up all the way on the sub. If i lower it, I don't get enough chest thumping mid bass. I think its just that I am a bass junkie and need either a sealed or bigger sub. Does anyone have the HSU VTF-15H with their 8060's? any other recommendations for subs under 1K?

Originally Posted by otk 

hey Joe, the BP-8020ST has no rear tweeter ?

Originally Posted by Larry L 

Joe-
I just had to do some refurb of a BP-2004TL. I had to remove the Sub to get to tthe crossover and ultimately determined there was a bad tweeter. I replaced the tweeter, but just read the statement above and am now concerned. What does one need to know to seat the drivers right? The tweeter has a felt ot foam gasket to interface to the cabinet. Do I just need to screw it in tight? What about the Sub, I didn't notice any backing material, any special instructions for re-mounting the sub?

Originally Posted by otk 

awesome set-up Felton

Originally Posted by Nick n Skullsue 

I'm thinking of this setup for 7.x speakers
3x StudioMonitor 65 bookshelf (front LCR)
4x DEFINITIVE TECHNOLOGY SR-8080BP (side/rears)
My question is, would this setup be impressive (with subs of course) for blu-ray movies? And are they exactly or almost a timbre match across the speakers.
Anyone heard the monitor 65's?

Originally Posted by logan115 

Hi All,
I currently have the Polk RM6750 satellite set that I purchased a little over a year ago. While generally happy with it (and I can't complain as I paid a whopping $165 for the whole set), I am constantly raising and then quickly lowering the volume when watching movies and too a lesser extent on some tv shows. After playing with my Denon 1611 and raising the center above the others it doesn't really help and I'm looking at replacing my front three. It's an "L" shaped basement with the TV and speakers in the bottom right of the "L" that measures about 18 X 12 across the bottom, with about 10 X 12 on the far right being the viewing area.
Due to size (WAF) I'm limited to keeping the fronts wall-mounted and I can probably swing the 1000s size-wise without too much trouble as the 800s are about the same size as my current sats. Am really looking to keep this in the $400 range so will likely end up with the Procenter 1000 and the Promonitor 800s unless I find a couple of steals that would let me move up to the PC2000 and PM1000s as the front.
Really like how the Def tech website lists out the compatible speakers BTW - saves me from asking some dumb questions about which speakers match
So the question is, will even the PC1000 and the PM800s be a real upgrade - or am I just changing out one set of smallish speakers for another ? As much as I'd love to go with the PC2000 and PM1000s I'm afraid that's going to be a bit more than I'd like to spend right now. If there's anything else (older models) that are comparable size-wise and performance wise that you guys can recommend it will be greatly appreciated as I'm not against buying used speakers.
This is used 90% for movies/tv, 9% gaming (an 8 yo playing Wii), and once in a great while for music if that helps but I don't really crank up the volume much.
Thanks,
Chris

Originally Posted by haroon08 

Hey guys.. just curious, how "loud" do you guys normally watch your movies? I have an 2.1 system with 8060st's and a Pioneer VX-52 and my average volume for when I want it pretty loud with punch is about -11db. I know this will probably depend on room size, mine is about 5000 cubic feet if I include my kitchen which is open to my room.