MarkJH
Grip
- Joined
- Dec 12, 2001
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So I finally purchased a sub-woofer after having had a pretty complete home theater system for almost 3 years.
I set it up, threw in the Avia disk and started messing around with the Radio Shack SPL meter. I think I mostly have it set right, but had a couple quick questions.
I set my receiver so the speakers are "Small" and the cut-off filter is set to 100 Hz. Where should I set the crossover frequency on the subwoofer? (variable from 60-160 Hz)
When I have the Avia test tones playing the needle on my meter moves around about 3-5 db when the subwoofer tone is playing (weighting set to C, response is slow). Is this normal, and how do I decide where to set the volume on the subwoofer? For lack of anything better I set the volume so that the needle's low reading is equal to the other speakers' output.
Thanks,
Mark
I set it up, threw in the Avia disk and started messing around with the Radio Shack SPL meter. I think I mostly have it set right, but had a couple quick questions.
I set my receiver so the speakers are "Small" and the cut-off filter is set to 100 Hz. Where should I set the crossover frequency on the subwoofer? (variable from 60-160 Hz)
When I have the Avia test tones playing the needle on my meter moves around about 3-5 db when the subwoofer tone is playing (weighting set to C, response is slow). Is this normal, and how do I decide where to set the volume on the subwoofer? For lack of anything better I set the volume so that the needle's low reading is equal to the other speakers' output.
Thanks,
Mark