Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Axiom speakers & your AVR crossover setting

Yes that’s how it works.

Like Mark I ran mine like this to even out the bass in my 20x20 apartment but included the crossover to send the very low LFE to the Buttkicker as well.

However, as John mentioned I found that running large in my house (bigger room and higher SPL) left my Denon 2807 straining which was one of the main reasons I upgraded.

So would that be the LFE+Main setting in the Denon?

Yes Denon calls it LFE+Mains.

I have been missing something on my 60's. All my calibrations have been done on Small. I wondered why there did not seem to be much bass - now it is clear it was due to my crossover being at 80. I have listened to music on Pure Direct before - but never movies. I tried Transformers without a sub and the 60's on Larger and they put out some serious bass. It is like discovering the speakers all over again.

Thanks!

Geez, I really can't wait to try it now

Me too.

It appears many of us allow audyssey to set our 150's & Q's at 100hz or above. My 150 was set to 100 & q's to 110. It set my 80's at 40, but I raised it to 80. I may try the 80's at 60 per some feedback. Those of you running 150's and q's in the 80/90 range, have you set manually due to preference? Or did audyssey set?

Rob, if you were using Pure Direct, it wasn't the 80Hz crossover, but the fact that in that mode the sub doesn't get sent the bass from speakers set "Small". No "direct" type mode should be used; instead use stereo or preferably one of the surround modes such as DPLII.

I still have pretty crappy mains, but a VP150 for a center. It produces better base than my Sony floor-standers.

If your receiver is setting the VP150 to cross at 100 Hz, it may be because of positioning. It's -3 dB point is 85 Hz, so it should be able to go lower. How do you have your VP150 placed?

Also my receiver is limited to a single, global crossover setting, so all my speakers are at 80 Hz. My QS8s seem to do fine. The auto-EQing of the receiver did bump them up a tad toward the bottom end. They're already down 3 dB by 95 Hz, so setting of around 100 Hz is pretty well suited to them.