Brian L
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I am not convinced that you want to boost the LFE separately from the redirected bass, but I have long since gotten past this issue with new hardware.
However, here is something you might try as a test to decide for yourself where the boost needs to go.
Avia's subwoofer level matching tones are encoded on the corresponding main channel. That way you will quickly learn if your bass management is working. So balance the sub with any one main channel using Avia. Anything that goes to the sub using this test is redirected bass.
Then, if you have a disc with level matching tones that include a discrete .1 test track, run those tones. I know that Chesky's Ultimate DVD does, as does DVE (but that has known issues with the .1 channel, so I would not use it).
So, after calibrating the sub with Avia, do the same with Chesky. Keep in mind, Avia uses redirected bass, Chesky uses a discrete .1 channel.
Do they match? That should tell you if the boost needs to be only on the .1 channel. If the Chesky test tells you that you need a boost, then I would agree that it affects the .1 only, but if it is more or less equal to the Avia test, then the boost must be applied to the overall sub channel (redirected + .1).
Brian
However, here is something you might try as a test to decide for yourself where the boost needs to go.
Avia's subwoofer level matching tones are encoded on the corresponding main channel. That way you will quickly learn if your bass management is working. So balance the sub with any one main channel using Avia. Anything that goes to the sub using this test is redirected bass.
Then, if you have a disc with level matching tones that include a discrete .1 test track, run those tones. I know that Chesky's Ultimate DVD does, as does DVE (but that has known issues with the .1 channel, so I would not use it).
So, after calibrating the sub with Avia, do the same with Chesky. Keep in mind, Avia uses redirected bass, Chesky uses a discrete .1 channel.
Do they match? That should tell you if the boost needs to be only on the .1 channel. If the Chesky test tells you that you need a boost, then I would agree that it affects the .1 only, but if it is more or less equal to the Avia test, then the boost must be applied to the overall sub channel (redirected + .1).
Brian