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crossover question
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Just a quick question about crossover. If I have the choice of 80, 100, or 120 in a 5.1 setup......does this just affect the fronts or does this affect my surrounds as well? The reason that I am asking is my fronts have good low freq range but my surrounds do not and wondering if I set it higher will this affect the sound for all speakers. If anyone can help answer this it would be appreciated.
thanks
Just a quick question about crossover. If I have the choice of 80, 100, or 120 in a 5.1 setup......does this just affect the fronts or does this affect my surrounds as well? The reason that I am asking is my fronts have good low freq range but my surrounds do not and wondering if I set it higher will this affect the sound for all speakers. If anyone can help answer this it would be appreciated.
thanks
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The answer really depends on the specific AVR you have. What is it?
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Originally Posted by needanewsony /forum/post/12914911
greetings-
Just a quick question about crossover. If I have the choice of 80, 100, or 120 in a 5.1 setup......does this just affect the fronts or does this affect my surrounds as well? The reason that I am asking is my fronts have good low freq range but my surrounds do not and wondering if I set it higher will this affect the sound for all speakers. If anyone can help answer this it would be appreciated.
thanks
The answer really depends on the specific AVR you have. What is it?
Agree. Can't answer without knowing the AVR model.
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Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson /forum/post/12916332
The answer really depends on the specific AVR you have. What is it?
Agree. Can't answer without knowing the AVR model.
Why does it depend on the specific AVR? The crossover affects every speaker that is set to small.
Ed
Ed
Depends. Some AVRs let you select a different crossover frequency for fronts, center, surrounds, etc. when all are set to SMALL.
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Originally Posted by ekb /forum/post/12918236
Why does it depend on the specific AVR? The crossover affects every speaker that is set to small.
Ed
Depends. Some AVRs let you select a different crossover frequency for fronts, center, surrounds, etc. when all are set to SMALL.
Fine - but the wording of the original post sounds like it's a global crossover. If there were different Xover frequencies for each set of speakers I would assume that the OP would assume that that Xover only affects the respective speakers.
Ed
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Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson /forum/post/12918352
Depends. Some AVRs let you select a different crossover frequency for fronts, center, surrounds, etc. when all are set to SMALL.
Fine - but the wording of the original post sounds like it's a global crossover. If there were different Xover frequencies for each set of speakers I would assume that the OP would assume that that Xover only affects the respective speakers.
Ed
yes there is only one crossover setting either 80 100 or 120. the receiver is a jvc 702b. does the crossover affect the mains and surrounds or just the mains? thanks
needanewsony,
First off, I am assuming that you have all speakers set to SMALL on the 702B. If not,
I recommend that you do since anything set to LARGE causes 100% of the audio for that channel to go exclusively to that speaker, effectively disabling the sub for that material. No matter how good your fronts are it is unlikely you'll get more bass that you would have with the sub.
Providing that everything is set to SMALL, then what you choose for the crossover will affect all speakers. Your mileage may vary, but I recommend that you let the front speakers determine what crossover you use. The rears are mostly used only for surround effects or ambiance so a little hole in the rear freq response curve is not the end of the earth.
Just make sure to include the center speaker in your calculations. It has the most material in movies and the crossover freq can make a big difference. Test with a Radio Shack Sound Pressure Meter and a 200-20 Hertz sweep freq after you choose a crossover freq. If you see a drop on the way down before the crossover freq then your front speaker can't go as low as you thought and you need to try a higher crossover freq. If you see a large dip at the crossover freq then your sub can't go that high and you need to try a lower crossover freq. It's always a balancing act.
Hope this helps.
First off, I am assuming that you have all speakers set to SMALL on the 702B. If not,
I recommend that you do since anything set to LARGE causes 100% of the audio for that channel to go exclusively to that speaker, effectively disabling the sub for that material. No matter how good your fronts are it is unlikely you'll get more bass that you would have with the sub.
Providing that everything is set to SMALL, then what you choose for the crossover will affect all speakers. Your mileage may vary, but I recommend that you let the front speakers determine what crossover you use. The rears are mostly used only for surround effects or ambiance so a little hole in the rear freq response curve is not the end of the earth.
Just make sure to include the center speaker in your calculations. It has the most material in movies and the crossover freq can make a big difference. Test with a Radio Shack Sound Pressure Meter and a 200-20 Hertz sweep freq after you choose a crossover freq. If you see a drop on the way down before the crossover freq then your front speaker can't go as low as you thought and you need to try a higher crossover freq. If you see a large dip at the crossover freq then your sub can't go that high and you need to try a lower crossover freq. It's always a balancing act.
Hope this helps.
As I stated in post #5, the crossover affects every speaker that is set to small.
Ed
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Originally Posted by needanewsony /forum/post/12947968
yes there is only one crossover setting either 80 100 or 120. the receiver is a jvc 702b. does the crossover affect the mains and surrounds or just the mains? thanks
As I stated in post #5, the crossover affects every speaker that is set to small.
Ed
The simplest way to determine the frequency is to look at the specs of all your speakers, choose the one that has the highest -3db point for the low end of the frequency spectrum and then set the cross over to that figure. e.g. If your surround speakers have a frequency response of 90-20khz then set the crossover to 90.
Note that this only works if the sub you are using has a usable frequency response up to the crossover point. So check the specs on your sub as well. If the sub does not go that high then use the highest setting possible for your sub and cross at that point.
Note that this only works if the sub you are using has a usable frequency response up to the crossover point. So check the specs on your sub as well. If the sub does not go that high then use the highest setting possible for your sub and cross at that point.
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