Golden Earring wrote: > Hi iPhone! > > If I'm understanding you correctly, you have an active line level > subwoofer crossover unit (WX-2/M5-HP?) splitting the frequencies between > your pre & power amplifiers & giving you the necessary degree of > adjustment necessary to make your full-range speakers integrate with the > subwoofers in your listening room. > > If this IS the case, then I agree that the power amplifiers driving your > full-range speakers will indeed *-not -*have to handle the extreme bass > which falls within the range of your subwoofers. > > For myself, I find that having set up my sub-woofers carefully over an > extended period of listening (I always seem to set them too loud > initially & then spend a few weeks gradually backing them off to > integrate seamlessly at last) I now have no need or desire to adjust the > settings further, irrespective of the volume at which I am listening. > > This suits me fine, I really just want to hear the music... > > Dave :cool:
. Hi Dave Close but still not there, neither the WX-2 or the M5-HP are active/electronic (although the M5-HP uses a 9V battery for biasing purposes). But they are both high pass filters that are inserted between the Pre-Amp and the Amplifier so it is impossible for ANY low frequencies to reach the Amp or Speakers. But since the Subwoofer and the Vandersteen Speakers with active subwoofer are connected directly to the Amplifier outputs, only they receive the low frequencies. Have a look at the Vandersteen Website for the technical details: Active Speakers . http://vandersteen.com//media/files/Manuals/quatromanual.pdf Subwoofers: http://vandersteen.com//media/files/Manuals/2wqmanual.pdf Regards :cool: . *iPhone* Media Room: ModWright Platinum Signature Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer Living Room: Transporter, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Office: Touch with Vandersteen VSM-1s Kitchen: Touch in-wall mount w/ Thiel Powerpoint 1.2s Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Around the House: SliMP3, SB1, SB2, SB3 Ford Thunderbird: SB Touch, USB drive Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108865 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
