- Aug 10, 2019
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I have recently purchased the Sony STDRH820 AV Reciever and the Boston Acoustics Soundware XS 5.1 speaker package. When I run the auto calibration function on the reciever it recommnds the following satellite speaker crossover settings:
Centre: 180Hz
Front L + R: 170Hz
Surround L + R: 140Hz
Looking at the manual the satellite speakers themself have a range of 150Hz - 20kHz (sub is 40-150Hz), so as a relative newbie to home cinema my question is this, should I keep these settings or should I should I change them all to 150Hz. I ask this because I was under the impression that I should be using the lowest value that the speaker is capable of producing? I think I read that somewhere?! I have played around and I feel that they sound a little better when I tweek them all to 150Hz but maybe I'm just hearing what I want too!
Also, why are all of the crossover settings different if they are all capable of producing the same frequencies? Is this to help with depth etc? I have had a look at the other settings and they all seem fine (speaker distances etc).
Thank you all, any help/explanations would be appreciated!
Centre: 180Hz
Front L + R: 170Hz
Surround L + R: 140Hz
Looking at the manual the satellite speakers themself have a range of 150Hz - 20kHz (sub is 40-150Hz), so as a relative newbie to home cinema my question is this, should I keep these settings or should I should I change them all to 150Hz. I ask this because I was under the impression that I should be using the lowest value that the speaker is capable of producing? I think I read that somewhere?! I have played around and I feel that they sound a little better when I tweek them all to 150Hz but maybe I'm just hearing what I want too!
Also, why are all of the crossover settings different if they are all capable of producing the same frequencies? Is this to help with depth etc? I have had a look at the other settings and they all seem fine (speaker distances etc).
Thank you all, any help/explanations would be appreciated!