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Randy, Could you elaborate a litle more on your bass-traps? Did you build them? Why did you decide you needed them? How many are you using in your room? I have been thinking bass-traps for sometime now. I would think this would make a great post for a new topic. George This message has been edited by GW on 09-07-2001 at 06:42 PM

Hello, I have a Klipsck KSW 200 subwoofer and the cardboard tube that is used as a pors got smashed.I found a cardboard tube with just the right inner and outer Diameter. I just need to know the right lenth to cut it too. The plastic velocity caps are fine I can glue them back on.. Thanks George

Domain, Thanks for the url. I checked it out and will give it a try on my system tomorrow.I have not visited it before.George

T-man & bacevedo, Give this a try. Set up your system as you did with the R/S meter "C" weighting, and slow response. to 75db including the subwoofer.. Now don't touch the volume leave it right were it is, at 75db and put a good slam bang DVD on. I think you will find it is not weak in fact it will sound very loud with great bass.. Most people dont run there home H/T at the reference level of 75db for movies. let me know how you make out.. Also with VIDEO ESSENTIALS or AVIA the white noise to the subwoofwr is actually down by -10db as it should be for DTS 5.1 that's just the standard.George PS, I too would like to hear what other people think about this subject. Also what about setting up a sub for people with out 5.1 who just use there systems for music.

Boa12, What I ended up doing was ( for H/T DVD movies) setting my front to small, rear to large,( Set to small they were over powered by my fronts not sure why)and center set to small,Sub low pass set to 120mz.Also I need to set the sub db about 6 to 10 db louder then the other speakers. I find I need to play the system much louder then I use too, to get the same impact but it sounds good. For music I roll back the sub low pass to 60hz and turn up the sub a little. Thanks for all your help and know how! Also thanks to all who responded to this post..George

Ray, Ya great info about setting up the sub. That's how I found the spot I have it in now. The only thing I didn't do and will try is the Phase switch . If I'm reading this right what you saying to do with the Phase switch will even give me more placement options then I had at 0 phase. I never thought of that. The only thing I used the phase switch for was to see if I could get more bass after placement. Great post Ray! Thanks George

Boa12, I'll see if I have a chance to give that a try tomorrow for 5.1 That is to set the front to small open the lowpass on the sub all the way.but for stereo I can't cause my receiver won't let me. For reg. stereo But I'll turn up the fq on the sub to something around 100hz and maybe set the level down and see how that sounds with music.. What do you think? Thanks! I'll let you know how I make out..George

Gil, It will be interesting to see what you find out. Thanks! George

Boda12. Thanks again! What your saying makes sense to me. I'll try settin the sub to 120hz and see.. Now forget about 5.1 and what about stereo if my receiver is cuting off at say 80 or 100 hz to the sub output on the receiver.( Do you think it is ) would it make sense to set the sub to at least the same 80 to 100hz even though my mains go down to 45hz? What's you feeling on this? For music that is. George This message has been edited by GW on 06-15-2001 at 08:06 PM

Hi Ray, Yep I did try all set to small but the sub I'm running is the Kilpsch KSW 200 12"woofer 200watt amp it's the older one thats the same size as the ksw15 is now. Output is ok but Ok but it don't go that low 29hz soI really need to run the fronts at large to get the output I want for movies. I had this setup a few years and I guess I'm really just trying to tweek the system. Thanks! George

Boda12. For fronts I have Vintage Infinity RSb They have a 10" woofer 6 1/2" mid and a real nice emit ribbon for the tweeter. 45hz to 45khz. 4 ohms. output is good sound stage is very open very clean. I really don't know what the receiver does with the lfe ch cause it ends up being output to the sub-out on the receiver. george

Hi Boa12, Thanks for your response. Ok this may help On the Onkyo545. There is no real bass management. No large or small for the front or back it's a pro-logic receiver with 5.1 external decoder inputs.The manual don't mention a thing about the sub-out,output as far as cutoff it just tells ya to plug in the subwoofer there. I do have a DVD player hooked to the 5.1 decoder inputs and do use the bass management in the DVD player as it does have a onboard decoder. Mains set to large rears set to small center set to small level set with Radio Shack SLP meter, C weighting Response set to slow. and all sounds great when viewing DVD movies. But CD's (music)just don't sound like I think it should. No kick to them (The sub is working)Dull and muddy may be a better way of putting it,but with movies theres all the slam I want and then some. I hope this helps you understand my setup a little better maybe you can see something I'm missing.George

Hello, I was wondering what to set the the subwoofer at. I am running a Onkyo 545 receiver that is digital ready as it only has the multi channel inputs for 5.1. What I use to power the sub(klipsch ksw 200) is the sub out on the receiver does anyone know for sure if on the Onkyo 545 receiver uses any kind of cutoff like 80hz or 100hz? on that output. I set the cutoff on the sub to 60hz as my mains go down to 45hz. But was thinking that if Onkyo cutsoff the fq in the sub-out that I should run the lowpass cutoff on the sub wide open 140hz. There is know real bass management on that receiver other then how loud I can set the subwoofer from with-in the reciver. What do you think. George

Hi, boda12 Maybe I was lucky but after reading this post ( before your post ) and I took it as I could use composite cables for a component hook up so I tryed Radio Shacks gold composite cables and they seem to work great with the picture I was seeing on that tv we just got... it just blew me away! I just can't imagine it could be any better.I'll see if I can get a set of component cables from someone just to try out.Thanks for your input on this. Also thanks to every one else for their input. I think now maybe I just opened a can of worms.. I hope so! I would like to see what others are feeling about this subject. Does anyone have a H/T set up in the corner of their room that they could post some pictures of ?I really need some ideas. George

Hello! Just got my new tv (Toshiba 43a10)and now that I have component input on the tv I would like to know what cables I can use. It seems like the cables that say component on them coast soooo much more then ones that are for comppsit use. They look the same to me, both shielded and 75u... Just the colors on the ends differ..I was thinking of using Radio Shack 12'composit cables will this work ok for my DVD hookup? Also I am setting up the tv in the corner theres no room on a flat wall anywhere, I would love to see some pictures of corner setups for H/T's for some ideas with ours.all input welcome. Thanks George