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RE: front speaker set up question?

Posted by BigguyinATL (M) on September 30, 2014 at 07:37:49

In Reply to: front speaker set up question? posted by seanrichard on September 25, 2014 at 11:08:27:

You are doing just fine - some small loudspeakers do have a good amout of bass in them so it would sound just fine.

It also wouldn't hurt to run the front speaker set as "small" - even without a subwoofer connected. i'm not sure how the receiver would "know" you have "forgotten" to connect one - no harm would come to the receiver.

The Drawback of this is that there will be a lot less output into the room at low frequencies - Say two octaves (16 white keys) below middle "C" of the piano. That's where the subwoofer comes into play.

And Without a subwoofer that part of the music or soundtrack will not be present. of course with "small" front speakers you may already be missing a lot of the lower bass frequencies. Lots of decent subwoofers are out there for under $200.

Note that two cheaper subwoofers are better than one at double the price. And - though many will argue the fact here - setting even larger Left and right front speakers to "Small" will likely produce better sound when subwoofers are used.
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