Hi everyone,
I've been reading past posts regarding setting the crossover correctly for Ascends and a subwoofer. I've seen many people mention their crossover is set between 60-80hz. Does that apply to each speaker? The H/K 635 lets you set crossover for all the speakers. I ran the Auto/EQ program in the manual setting, so it would keep the crossovers I set. Currently, this is how they read in the onscreen setup program (all speakers are set to small):
Fronts - 60hz
Center - 60hz
Rear - 60hz
Sub - 60 hz (it was actually set at 120hz, I think by the Auto/EQ program, but I changed that, not sure if this was the right thing to do).
Also, on my Outlaw LFM-1 sub, I have the switch labeled "X-over" set to Bypass, which I read will allow the subwoofer to follow an external crossover (set by receiver?), and bypass the internal LFM-1 crossover. So, I'm guess that means the crossover frequency knob which goes from 40hz-180hz on the subwoofer is essentially disabled when I have it set to bypass. Is this correct? If not, where should I have the knob set? Right now, I have it turned all to 180hz (Sound & Vision DVD said to do this).
I currently don't have a SPL meter, but my birthday is coming up in a few weeks, so it's on my list of goodies. Will the SPL meter help calibrate this or is it just the decibel settings it helps you adjust?
Finally, I can go through and put all the receiver crossover settings at 80hz (instead of 60hz), but what should I be listening for in terms of sound to determine which setting is correct for the Ascend speakers?
If anyone can help shed some light on these questions, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks very much!
Jake