L/r + Lfe........

[Orange Peel]

Since no one seems to want to answer me in the sub forum, do you think I should keep this setting with my setup? RF-3 Fronts, RC-3 center, and a Polk PSW650 sub. I have a Monster Cable Monstbass 400 cable running th y-adapter to the "L/R IN" on the sub, not the LFE input on the sub.

Thanks in advance.

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[chuckears]

Orange Peel,

Have you tried doing an A-B comparison between the two settings?

Speaking for myself, I assumed that, to take advantage of the full output of my Fortes, I would use the L\R = LFE setting, but found the soundstage too unrealistic when panning from left (to center) to right, and that when there was a mix of signals between the center and left or right, the timbre, sound quality, whatever you want to call it, sounded too different from the signals coming from just one of the speakers.

For this reason, I run all my speakers at small when listening to Dolby 5.1 or DTS films, and let my sub handle the sub-80 Hz material. As a result my soundstage, while not being a perfect, is much more realistic.

As suggested, I would listen to some sample material under different settings to see what sounds the best to you.

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This message has been edited by chuckears on 08-16-2002 at 05:10 PM