Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Mains=large: bass redirection for stereo material?

But kcarlile, in some AV receivers, including H/K, in stereo you can set your mains to Small, pick the crossover frequency (80 Hz or whatever), choose Sub "On" and the bass management will re-direct bass to the subwoofer, so you'd have a 2.1 system.

I think I need a little drink. ..it's Friday.

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I've already started. Cheers !

How would that be different from doing Mains+LFE in Stereo? I guess you probably wouldn't have that option... Gah. I need a drink too. Or several hours of sleep.

drink! I'm going to opt for a white wine. (review in the wine thread)

Joe, this has gotten tangled-up a bit, but in my view there's no good reason to set the mains "Large" when a modern HT receiver with good bass management together with a good sub are in use. The sub can always be used with either 2-channel or 5.1 material. There's no problem when the mains are set "Small" with the appropriate crossover frequency.

I'll drink after I finish replacing the motherboard in my wife's Powerbook.

Actually, I went to bed--ah, life with an 8 week old. The Powerbook works, though!

I hear ya Ken, although ours is just now at 11 weeks.

So why do we bother buyiing the 80's if they need to be run in small mode.
Why can't they engineer and pro that when set to Mains=lrg and a Sub. set it at cut off =80
then have addition settings that Mains from 80 - 60 hz would roll off so that at 80 thier would be decent level of bass but at 60 it would be very minimal almost unheard. There fore the Sub would pick up at 100hz and get louder as it gets to the 80 and then take over all bottom end.