QS-4 or QS-8?
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After much research, here is my setup:
Ascend 170s for Front L&R
Ascend 340c for center
SVS HB-10 for subwoofer
HK AVR-240 receiver
And I have decided instead of monopole/direct surrounds, I'm going to get the quadpoles from Axiom.
My question - which ones?
Room size is 13.5' along the side walls, 18' on the front and rear walls (where the sofa and TV is, respectively.) Ceiling height is 7 feet. Sofa is only 1 foot from the rear wall.
Would the QS-4s work just fine, or will I kick myself later for not getting the QS-8s? An extra $100 isn't going to break the bank, but if I don't need the extra oomph of the 8s, then I'll get the 4s. I don't listen to music or DVDs at a very loud volume.
Thanks!
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I've never listened to the Qs4's, but I do love my 4 Qs8's That is a pretty good sized room, you might want to get 8's.
I'd also order from the Axiom outlet which would save you 50 bucks.
http://www.axiomaudio.com/factoryoutlet.html
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You're looking at 6-7 feet from the surrounds to the center of the listening area. I think QS4s would be fine.
I'm assuming the HK240 can handle separate crossover freqs for each of the speakers (is the 240 really new or really old ?).
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The 240 is brand new - the upgraded model of the AVR 235.
http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail.aspx?Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&cat=REC&prod=AVR%20240&sType=C
Don't understand your technical terminology - would you mind looking over the specs to see if it does what you say I need?
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http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail.aspx?Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&cat=REC&prod=AVR%20240&sType=C
John is referring to bass management, and setting the crossover for Low Frequencies that get routed to the sub. Most receivers allow you to only set one crossover, usually 60-80hz for all speakers. Any signal below that setting gets routed to the sub. On HK receivers, most of them allow you to set seperate crossover settings for each speaker. This is useful as some speakers will play lower than others.
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Cool, I didn't know they had a 240 out now.
For anyone interested, here's a clickable link :
http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail.aspx?Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&cat=REC&prod=AVR%20240&sType=C
I took a quick look and confirmed that the 240 DOES have the ability to set different crossover frequencies for main, center, surround and surround back speakers.
That is the good answer
It's interesting -- they upgraded the 135, 235 and 335 but not the higher models. I'm guessing they brought the whole line up to the same level of EZ-set functionality...
EDIT -- Randy beat me again ;(
Last edited by bridgman; 11/18/05 04:24 AM.
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Gotcha - thanks! Do you see anything in the manual for the 240 that says it will allow the individual crossovers?
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>>You're looking at 6-7 feet from the surrounds to the center of the listening area. I think QS4s would be fine.
Whoops, you have the TV and sofa on the long (18') wall, don't you. That means 9' from surrounds to listening area... probably still OK for QS4 as long as the volumes aren't too loud but if you think you are likely to crank the volume occasionally you might want to think about the QS8s.
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Am I reading it wrong or does that 240 only have 50W per channel? Doesnt that seem a little low for a $600 reciever?
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>>Do you see anything in the manual for the 240 that says it will allow the individual crossovers?
I didn't go through the manual (I'm on dial-up, boo hoo) but the settings worksheet clearly had separate crossover settings for each of the 4 speaker sets. My only concern was if the 240 was a really old model -- anything current is going to have the fancy bass management.
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