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Now set the sub at 40Hz for movies and cross it over at 40Hz in the receiver. Try playing the Eagles and some LFE from Potter or something and see what you think.

If you have LFODH, play the apartment shooting scene in the beginning. At 40Hz, you will feel the machine gun right in your right ass cheek through your couch . You don't get that at 80Hz I bet.

I used my spl meter and my ears and compared the test tone from my receiver through my sub at -12 through -4 db at both locations. I also recorded db levels for a scene from finding nemo and from the haunting on both locations. I checked out the eagles HD DVD live from melbourne, and that is when I notcied that some songs sounded slightly boomy. lowering the sub to -12 db fixed this.

I was thinking about your new 40 hz set up and thought about experimenting with it....

but then my girlfriend got home from work and caught me with a scribbled paper of notes in one hand and an spl meter in the other.

I knew my tweaking was done for the night at that point

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You know it's a really tough call on the cross-over settings. On one hand I really like the bass that permeates my entire room during the Eagles when I have my Denon on 80 and the 600 on by-pass. But on the other hand, I don't think that this is natural. It might sound impressive but it gets tiring after a while.

And ditto with movies. Doormat said it well when he was at my place recently. We watched the depth charge scene at 40Hz and 80Hz. He preferred 80Hz because it "hit him in the chest". But I preferred 40Hz because it hit me in the gut. I liked the initial kick that 40Hz gave me but he preferred the after-shocks of 80Hz. The sound was certainly more full with 80Hz. It would be great if somehow we could get that "40Hz kick" while preserving the fullness.

I still want a sub that hits me in the chest and the gut at the same time. I've only felt this once in my life and that was at a Trooper concert here in town. The bass was so powerful that it rattled my insides pretty bad and we had to leave after 45 minutes because I was feeling nauseous. It was a very unsettling feeling. My ears were just fine but my stomach wasn't right and my heart was "jittery". Now that I think about it, maybe I don't want that in my own house .

I guess at 30hz it would hit you in the knees...

Once in a while it tickles me a little below the gut and it sure feels fine .

Where's Bren when ya need him

Where would 35hz hit you at?

I am sure there are forum rules that would prevent me from answering that question! 35hz... Geez! There could be children reading this!

T - great looking setup. Well, except for the wallpaper thing you have going.

I have a 3808 on the way as well (to replace a venerable 3803). Very excited about it.

That Eagles DVD is the one I reach for when I want to show off my setup.

Enjoy!!

In case this thread gets dug up again:
(and I just referenced it in a new forum members post),
I thought it best to update this for any newcommers....

The wallpaper has been removed.

See this thread for details
http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=194004&fpart=4