Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners I have more bass punch WITHOUT a sub

Try this test:

Set fronts to Small
Set the AVR to LFE
Set the AVR Crossovers to 80Hz (all channels, even 2 channel/direct mode)

Place your hand on the M80’s woofer. It moves a lot
Place your hand on the sub. It moves a little

Now

Set the AVR to LFE+Main (Both in the sub setting and the 2 channel/direct mode setting)

Place your hand on the M80’s woofer. It moves much less.
Place your hand on the sub. It moves much more.

With a Denon, the proper setting is to set all speakers small, and set AVR to “LFE+main” (Both in the sub setting and the 2 channel/direct mode setting.