Jake, it's good that you're enjoying your speakers, but that isn't exactly the way that the bass management works. When the speakers are set "large", the poor things can't decide what they can handle because the receiver is forcing them to try to handle the full frequency range down to 20Hz or whatever the sound contains, even if they're not very good at it. When the speakers are set "small", as the Denon manual suggests generally gives the best results, they're much happier, since they only have to do what they do best(e.g. the frequencies above 80Hz)and they play cleaner for you. The sub is also happy since it's playing those very low bass notes that it was designed to do and it doesn't have to share much of them with the other speakers, as it would have to do if a LFE+Mains setting was in effect. The receiver is also happier since it thinks that it's already working hard enough on the frequencies above 80Hz and that the big amp in the sub can take care of itself on the very low stuff. Happy components make for better sound.
Last edited by JohnK; 02/12/04 09:04 AM.
