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Thanks a lot guys. Lots of useful advice. Turning on Audyssey & Dynamic EQ & then adjusting 280 speaker levels helps.

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome. Its nice to have a support community like this. I have checked & verified the speaker wire polarity & HF-LF connecters. They all seem to be fine. My media room is a 3 car garage (30 feet * 25 feet) . So, there are lots of hard surfaces (garage door, concrete floor etc.). So, naturally there is a lot of echo in the room. Disabling the Audyessy XT calibration seems to help. I switched to manual EQ & increased 63Hz - 120Hz frequency range to the max. My denon receiver is not showing options for frequencies less than 63Hz. I also increased the bass tone to the max. Its better now but its still not enough. I am sure 280s can produce more tighter bass. Since my surround 160s seem to be producing more bass, naturally the places close to 160s seem to have decent bass. But as I get closer to 280s, bass dies down. I am relieved no-one mentioned that the receiver's power output may be the culprit. My test music is not of very high quality. I am playing via airplay. I am waiting for my projector still. I wonder if thats one of the problems. Any other ideas are welcome. Thanks a lot guys.

Hi, I just got a pair of RP-280F, RP-440C & a pair of RP-160M. I don't have a subwoofer. I am using Denon x1300W. I am not happy with the bass on the 280F. RP-160M surrounds seem to be putting out more bass than the RP-280F while listening to music. I have calibrated the sound using Audyssey MultiEQ, checked the wiring & so on. The fronts are wired with 14 AWG 55 feet wires each whereas the rears are close to the receiver. Could that be an issue.? Could low power from the receiver be an issue? My sound level is only at 45. I am not even close to maxing out the receiver's output. I was so excited to get the RP-280F. I am not so happy now. People seem to say that the bass on 280F is excellent but not in my case. Any ideas on what i am doing wrong or any way to debug the problem?