Large VS Small Speaker Settings (LFE + Main, Double Bass, etc...)
As I learn more, certain things become clear. For sure, the idea of setting a tower to "Small" just seems wrong to a lot of people, and I totally get that, especially when it comes to spending in excess of $400 per speaker. It seems the more you spend, the more upsetting it is to set the speaker to "Small".
It's labeling.
Back in the days, they slapped the labels of "
Large" and "Small" on the menu and it stuck. A less disturbing way of looking at it is "bass managed" (Small) and "not bass managed" (Large).
If you set your speakers to Large, your subwoofer gets cut out of the loop completely for that channel, which is no good unless your speakers are super expensive and you are running gobs and gobs of power to them. Even then, it makes it hard to balance the sub when channels are missing.
The
Prime towers are awesome, they are rated for 32 hertz and offer more substantial bass than the $1500 towers that came before them, but they cannot compete with the dynamics offered by the PB-1000 subs. This is not some design flaw or shortcoming, it's normal. If your goal is to eliminate the need for subwoofers by getting towers, you better have a really thick wallet.
Beyond that, it takes gobs of power to reproduce deep bass at meaningful levels. And without power to manage signal and response curves like what is found in the subwoofers I discuss, deep bass is probably not happening with meaning in a non active tower (no internal amp and processing). Of course, there are always exceptions, but for most cases this is true.
Here is the write up for the Large VS Small:
http://www.subwoofer101.com/setting-up-your-gear/large-vs-small-lfe-main-double-bass-etc/
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Here is the setup at the time of upload:
Amplifier, same as mine (
X2000), but updated for 4k and dual subwoofers: http://shrsl.com/?~bngf
Consider stepping up to an amp with preouts in case you want to get separate power amps later. The X2000 does not have them,
I believe the X3200 does: http://shrsl.com/?~bngh
Speaker wire: http://bit.ly/1NgYsuB
Provided on a demo basis by SVS:
Towers:
http://shrsl.com/?~bngm
Surrounds:
http://shrsl.com/?~bngn
These surrounds are more budget friendly:
http://shrsl.com/?~bngp
Center:
http://shrsl.com/?~bngq
Dual Subwoofers:
http://shrsl.com/?~bngt
LG 4K 3D that I replaced previous Vizio with a
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Love the LG, some issues aside.
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Measurement Mic for use with
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