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In Reply to: Re: reply posted by Duke on March 2, 2007 at 14:40:58:
I don't understand the theory of crossovers and phase lags, or anything about crossover theory for that matter, so I won't get into a discussion on that.For time compensation purposes, the receiver in the HT system calculates that my sub is about a meter further away than it is in fact. In the audio system it was about a meter and a half further away than the closest main speaker. Add those 2 distances together and the combined 'time lag' or whatever you want to call it was about equal to or slightly more than the distance/time from the mains to the listening position. I would think that irrespective of crossover slope, placing the sub much closer to a main speaker, and even slightly closer to me than the main speaker if possible, would have to have beneficial effects. The sub also has a phase control and that might well end up on a different setting.
I'm not suggesting that simple physical placement can achieve perfection, but I definitely do think that I could get better results with physical placement alone than I did when I originally had the sub in the audio system. One thing that moving it into the HT system where the receiver compensates for arrival time of sound from each driver actually did for me is to give me an idea of just how well a sub could integrate into a system. The receiver's auto setup process and the Audyssey EQ it provides have definitely produced a better result than I ever got by ear in the audio system.
I think there are a few things that would benefit pure audio systems that could very easily be stolen from the HT area and the automatic setup and EQ functions are definitely worth introducing into purist audio in my view.
David Aiken
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