I have the Denon 2805, and all speakers set to small, with a receiver crossover of 80hz, sub volume 12 o'clock. That seems to work best for me for HT and pure direct music. If you have the receiver at 80hz, you want to turn the subs crossover all the way up, to get it out of the way.

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