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RE: The magic 80 Hz

I understand that a crossover setting below 80 hz is often helpful because the rolloff rates of both subwoofers and mains speakers must meet and combine, effectively, at 80 hz or below. So, if the mains speaker start rolling of at 80 hz, we might need to set the sub crossover as low as 40 or 50 hz.

My mains standmount speakers start rolling off about 80hz, and I've always found that using the 40 hz crossover setting on my subwoofers makes for the best sub/mains bass integration. I like to use the lowest possible subwoofer crossover setting combined with the highest possible subwoofer volume setting so that I get maximum grunt from way down below with less risk of excessive sub/mains overlap.


Edits: 12/02/14
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