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    What I'm talking about is not related to balancing the the speakers as you guys are talking about. I run the sub pretty lean. The changes I notice are more in the mids and highs and is somewhat hard to describe but I'll try: a little less reverberation, vocals are a little less "breathy", soundstaging is diminished.

    The real test would be to turn the cross-over on the H/K to its lowest setting and then turn the sub off. I could A/B between no sub/no crossover and no sub with crossover engaged. Haven't had time to play like that lately.

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    ahhh....OK.

    What crossover setting do you use?
    -curtis

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    Well, after all the talk lately about EQing subs on the various forums, I'm going today to pick up a BFD. It's cheap and it will give me something new to play with for a while. My Yamaha HTR-5790 will do EQing of the main speakers, but I never liked the sound. It reminds me of THX processing with the highs rolled off. Maybe I like a brighter, more forward sound, but the YPAO system that Yamaha uses never did much for me. I do have some nasty humps in my sub response, so I'm hoping I'll get the same "night and day" result that others have with the BFD.
    - EVH III

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    After calling every place in Birmingham, Alabama, no one has one in stock. I'll have to order one.
    - EVH III

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    Curtis,

    Normally I use 80HZ crossover on the H/K 430. I'm not sure what the lowest crossover is on that. For the purposes of the test I propose it is hopefully be much lower than the 55Hz -3db point of the 340's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie Horton
    After calling every place in Birmingham, Alabama, no one has one in stock. I'll have to order one.
    partsexpress has them at a really reasonable price.

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    This velodyne eq sounds interesting. Anyone got any links to specs/teasers/etc?

    Derek

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derek
    This velodyne eq sounds interesting. Anyone got any links to specs/teasers/etc?

    Derek
    There is a thread on it at AVS somewhere. When I get a chance, I will search for it.
    -curtis

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    Yeah, PE has the BFD for 99 bucks right now. I'll get one from them.
    - EVH III

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie Horton
    Yeah, PE has the BFD for 99 bucks right now. I'll get one from them.
    You'll need two of these too: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=090-285

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