Speaker Setting Question

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In my down stairs system I have Cornwalls for mains, a Heresy for the center channel and Heresys for the rear channels. I also have a 15" passive sub that goes to about 30hz and creates a nice rich sound to my system.

The Heresy speakers cut off at 63 hz due to specification listed on the Klipsch site. I recently bought an SACD player and wanted to know if I should be setting my center and rear speakers (Heresys) to small or large. On my player or preamp I can set the speakers to small and re-direct all frequencies below 80hz to the sub. And my other alternative is to set the Hersys to full range?

Is there any advantage to either one. I also have 5 monoblocks running each channel so juice is not an issue.

Thanks

[JohnA]

It looks like you should set the Heresies to small.

John

[boa12]

yes heresy definitely small if the sub is adequate. there may even be a case for setting the corns to small

if you can believe it. bass quality thing. have you tested the bass quality for all small vs all large?

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My thinking is that the heresys will roll off at 63hz anyway so why not run them full range? Is there less distortion by running them small?

Thanks

[boa12]

trader, depends. if f.e. u use it for HT & some mixer puts 30hz bass in the rear channels, then you likely could get some distortion out of 'em.

because my crossover in the pre/pro is global, i have to run the C7 from a 50hz speakers/sub crossover. when some movie soundtrack mixer puts a lot of real low bass in the centers, i sometimes do get a lil distortion. never a problem w/ music though.

best thing is too experiment w/ the various settings w/ various bassy material.

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