What a pile of nonsense.
Setting the crossover in the subwoofer to match the roll off point of one's main speakers WORKS PERFECTLY FINE!!
A huge surprise, apparently.
Setting a receiver to small and having a subwoofer handle frequencies 80Hz and under is not an absolute.
"double bass"?
not if the xover for the sub starts at the roll off point for the mains
"free up the mains"?
ridiculous, why even bother putting in bass drivers?
again, what's the point?
why not just sell M60s and M80s cheaper, without bass drivers just for people that also want to use them with a subwoofer?
Power is irrelevant here (see umpteen threads from the past 7 years on power) unless you are running a 50W/ch Sony HTIB receiver.
Why do so many people subscribe to the concept of following a Dolby standard for setup with movies? Does anyone think more about the concept of blending the crossovers and why this works?
It isn't hard to do. Set it by ear and use the frequency chart only as a starting point, not an absolute.
The M60s are scaled to handle a lower frequency than what i have our xover set (around 50-55Hz). I would hazard a guess a good blending xover point for the M80 would start around 45Hz.
EITHER WAY (large or small) works perfectly fine for speakers for music or for movies.
