Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Calibrating subs & surrounds? What's the point?

I think one of the reasons people tend to use different speaker settings (small/large, crossover frequency) with music vs. HT is that wide range of bass levels across recordings and the sub's ability to accurately reproduce even insane amounts of bass. This is just a guess, of course.

I find if I run my M60s in "large" and push the crossover frequency way down low (or even have the sub ignore mains LF) the apparent variation in bass level is much less and I can happily live without tweaking. If I run the normal HT setup (M60s to small, 80 hz crossover) when listening to music I find I often have too much or too little bass.

The M60s make all the bass I need for music, but the sub really adds a lot when playing movies. Just a thought.