Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo need some help w/ M60Ti's very bright

Jinx, it should make no difference whether the speaker wires are connected to the top or bottom terminals, but be sure that the connecting straps are tight for both sets of terminals. There've been a few occasions when they weren't and some of the speaker drivers weren't operating.

all speakers are definitely firing...and sounding much much better now that i turned down the treble on the receiver. +2 was definitely not the right settin for these. LOL...

could you read my other post? trying to figure out just how old these might be. i think they are new, if you ask me. but no idea how to tell. are there different versions of the M60Ti's made? or manufacture date on them? some way to tell from the serial # maybe???

ya, the crossover in the receiver is set to 80 mhz...however, if i turn the sub crossover all the way up...it gives WAY too much bass....so i have the sub set to about 80 mhz as well. is this wrong? the fronts are set to LARGE, since they seem to handle the bass no problem. with my infinities...i had to set them to small cause otherwise they would "fart" kinda...sounded like crap. and the 2 paradigm ps1200 subs can handle any bass needed really.

Direct mode on my Denon sounds better than regular Stereo mode. In Direct mode some of the unused circuitry is shut down to give you the best possible sound with no internal interference.

Are you a computer guy you mean hZ(hertz) not mhz

On my Axiom sub, there is a volume control and a crossover control. I have the volume set around 11'o clock position. I believe the crossover on the sub is for if you had a receiver that does not have crossover managment. I'm sure some of the others will chime in here if I'm wrong, but if you have the receiver set to small on all speakers, with a crossover of 80hz, then any frequency for all of the speakers below 80hz will be sent to the sub. You want to turn the sub crossover all the way up, or clockwise to its highest setting so the receiver and sub are not both trying to manage.

However, you say you have the mains set to large, so in that case your mains and sub are getting all of the low frequencies, and the crossover is only sending the stuff below 80hz for your other speakers, to the sub (center, surrounds)

I'm confused on why the bass would get louder if you turned the sub crossover up to 150 or whatever the highest point is, maybe someone else will help out....

Jinx, no that isn't "wrong", but the general suggestion is to set all speakers "small" with a 80 Hz crossover. If the subs have a provision to bypass their internal crossover it should be used, otherwise turn the crossover control on the sub all the way up to get it out of the way of the receiver crossover. If there's too much bass turn down the sub level, not the crossover.

ok. so the mistake i am making is really that i have my main fronts set to LARGE right? if i set all to SMALL...and then the sub crossover will be handled by the receiver??? is this right? if so...then that might explain it. i do have 2 Paradigm PS1200 subs..so more than enough to handle the bass... more thoughts? is this the way to go?

oh ya, another question...is an AXIOM center VP150 really the way to go with these M60Ti's??? or am i ok keeping my Inifity Reference center which has 2 5/14" and one 1" tweeter.???

When I'm listening to music, I set my speakers to large and go straight 2 channel, no sub. When I watch movies I set them to small and crossover at 50 hz. I like the sub to only handle the really low stuff.

Not really a "mistake", but let your subs handle the lowest bass and relieve your mains of part of the bass load, so don't set them "large" in any case, regardless of how big they may be. Yes, the receiver handles the crossover when speakers are set "small" and you get the sub crossover bypassed or set all the way up.