New TV & Speakers?

xPETEZx said:
The XLS200 arrived! Beautifully built. The finnish is lovely.

I am not 100% sure how to set all the dials on the back, so for now have set it:

Low Level Gain to "Half", so notch at the top.
Filter to "Out/LFE"
Frequency to Max 120Hz
Phase to 0

I will then run the Amps setup using the Mic again. That should suffice as far as settings go on the Amp right?
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Volume control depends.
Filter- Are you sending the sub full range, or filtered? (Stereo system, or a AVR)
Frequency depends if sending full range, then you have that to around your main speakers. If using a AVR with filtered signal then set that to max
Phase 0, if using a AVR. If you have a stereo amp, then you may need to adjust this. To get it correct with a ping test is difficult, as phase effects all frequencies, but try adjusting so with a SPL meter at your listening position, pink noise is the loudest.
 
Ok you're using a AV

Set low level filter to Out/LFE
Frequency to maximum
Phase to 0.

The XLS has high and low level inputs, with indepedant gain levels per input. Only use the low level input and low level gain knob

Check the sub for any buzzes/humming, with filter to 40hz, and out/lfe.
 
xPETEZx said:
The XLS200 arrived! Beautifully built. The finnish is lovely.

I am not 100% sure how to set all the dials on the back, so for now have set it:

Low Level Gain to "Half", so notch at the top.
Filter to "Out/LFE"
Frequency to Max 120Hz
Phase to 0

I will then run the Amps setup using the Mic again. That should suffice as far as settings go on the Amp right?
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Yeah, you're right with the settings there.

FYI, the Low Level Gain is a bit like the volume on a set of PC speakers, and the receiver's output is like the PC volume. Between the two of them you'll come to a happy medium. If you find that when you do the receiver speaker wizard that the sub is being tweaked up or down more than 3 or 4 dB then you can adjust the sub's LFE Gain to compensate and then run the settings wizard again.

The Filter Out/LFE setting overrides the Frequency control. There's some discussion that BK subs sound marginally better with Out/LFE set to off so that the frequency control is operating, and then you set the frequency to 120Hz before running the wizard. I wouldn't obsess about this though.

Phase set to 0 is correct. The receiver will take care of tweaking the phase of the source signal correct for speaker/sub timing which is what phase does.

What you're doing with the low frequency controls (Gain, Filter, Frequency, Phase) when using them with an AV Receiver that uses a wizard is getting the sub controls 'out of the way'. You're letting the amp do all the settings.

The other dials are for blending the sub directly with speakers where the feed is via that round connector, the Neutrik plug. This is a high level (speaker level) connection via a cable that connects directly to the front left and right speaker terminals on the amp. You see, the sub has two sets of crossover controls and then blends both internally. In this way the front L&R act like large speakers, but you still get the benefit of all the LFE-home-cinema-T-rex-stomping-about stuff. It's probably more than you're ready for right now so I wouldn't worry about it.
 
lucid said:
Yeah, you're right with the settings there.

FYI, the Low Level Gain is a bit like the volume on a set of PC speakers, and the receiver's output is like the PC volume. Between the two of them you'll come to a happy medium. If you find that when you do the receiver speaker wizard that the sub is being tweaked up or down more than 3 or 4 dB then you can adjust the sub's LFE Gain to compensate and then run the settings wizard again.

The Filter Out/LFE setting overrides the Frequency control. There's some discussion that BK subs sound marginally better with Out/LFE set to off so that the frequency control is operating, and then you set the frequency to 120Hz before running the wizard. I wouldn't obsess about this though.

Phase set to 0 is correct. The receiver will take care of tweaking the phase of the source signal correct for speaker/sub timing which is what phase does.

What you're doing with the low frequency controls (Gain, Filter, Frequency, Phase) when using them with an AV Receiver that uses a wizard is getting the sub controls 'out of the way'. You're letting the amp do all the settings.

The other dials are for blending the sub directly with speakers where the feed is via that round connector, the Neutrik plug. This is a high level (speaker level) connection via a cable that connects directly to the front left and right speaker terminals on the amp. You see, the sub has two sets of crossover controls and then blends both internally. In this way the front L&R act like large speakers, but you still get the benefit of all the LFE-home-cinema-T-rex-stomping-about stuff. It's probably more than you're ready for right now so I wouldn't worry about it.
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As always, Thanks for a great response. :) Will run the setup wizard again later.

Cant wait to play some games and watch a movie with the sub in play!
 
xPETEZx said:
Maybe for future :) Will see how I get one with just one.

Where would I find this setting?
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It's not a setting it's a seperate box that sits between your avr and sub(so)

I use a antimode 8033cinema. The minidsp is better but it's pretty complex, needs umik mic and pc and a lot of knowledge using rew and filters etc
 
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