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Post by ttocs on Mar 28, 2022 7:26:54 GMT -5
How would you know by looking at a female jack that it’s stereo? Or does the manual specify stereo? As there’s only one signal, and as tngiloy ’s examples show, mono is appropriate.
almost all receivers that i found at market have stereo mini-jack, like this one:
i can buy sonance cr1 ir receiver: will it work with emotiva rmc-1?
just receiver, without hub
Now I get it. No, it won't work. The "IR Receiver" is meant to plug directly into its control box. The control box then sends the signals to all the other devices via "Mono" cables. The IR Receiver needs power for it to work. |
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Post by tngiloy on Mar 28, 2022 9:18:30 GMT -5
How would you know by looking at a female jack that it’s stereo? Or does the manual specify stereo? As there’s only one signal, and as tngiloy ’s examples show, mono is appropriate.
almost all receivers that i found at market have stereo mini-jack, like this one:
i can buy sonance cr1 ir receiver: will it work with emotiva rmc-1?
just receiver, without hub
Something like this might work. Might - this
Instead of connecting the dual flasher emitter you might be able to connect the mono 3.5mm male to male cable I listed before to the rear panel IR input, or you could put the flasher on the front panel over the G3's IR receiver. The usb connector would need to go to a 'hot' usb connection and I don't know if the G3's usb connections are powered when it's in either LPS or VRO. Maybe somebody else knows. Or you could use an AC usb power adapter (like a charging adapter). |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 28, 2022 9:40:10 GMT -5
almost all receivers that i found at market have stereo mini-jack, like this one:
i can buy sonance cr1 ir receiver: will it work with emotiva rmc-1?
just receiver, without hub
Something like this might work. Might - this
Instead of connecting the dual flasher emitter you might be able to connect the mono 3.5mm male to male cable I listed before to the rear panel IR input, or you could put the flasher on the front panel over the G3's IR receiver. The usb connector would need to go to a 'hot' usb connection and I don't know if the G3's usb connections are powered when it's in either LPS or VRO. Maybe somebody else knows. Or you could use an AC usb power adapter (like a charging adapter). You're on to something here with your suggested product. Good idea. The G3P has a IR Input, and IR Output. I would think that the IR Output can be used to connect to the IR Emitters that can be stuck to the IR Eye of each component without need for any outboard control box, but this is just a hunch. And with the IR Receiver, the USB obviously needs power and I am also not aware if the USB on the back of the processor is powered all the time, but assuming the power is worked out, the Receiver can then be connected to the IR Input of the processor using a Mono plug like normal. Something to keep in mind is that when using a IR Receiver, the Front IR Blaster and Front IR In should both be disabled, otherwise odd behavior occurs. I learned this when I first connected the extender to my XMC-1. The IR system became confused and either repeated commands or didn't work at all, just depended on the command. |
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Post by AntonP on Mar 28, 2022 10:53:43 GMT -5
Now I get it. No, it won't work. The "IR Receiver" is meant to plug directly into its control box. The control box then sends the signals to all the other devices via "Mono" cables. The IR Receiver needs power for it to work. But i can cut wire and place mono jack instead stereo one? why receiver will not work? |
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Post by seras on Mar 28, 2022 10:56:28 GMT -5
Hello, I want to confirm my understanding of this paragraph from the manual. When Enhanced Bass is enabled on the RMC-1, bass from the LFE channel is routed to your
subwoofer (or subs), bass below the crossover frequency of any speaker you have configured as
small is also routed to your sub or subs, and bass from any channels you have configured as large
is routed to the intended main speaker. IN ADDITION, bass from all main speakers configured as
large (including the center channel) is also routed to your sub or subs. (The range of frequencies
which is shared with other speakers by speakers set to Large is still controlled by their configured
crossover frequency. The default setting for this is 80 Hz, but it may be changed by temporarily
setting each speaker to Small, and then adjusting the Crossover Frequency setting associated
with itI have all my speakers set to large, and enhanced bass enabled. I did not touch anything else. Does that mean my sub will receive LFE and anything below 80hz from all other speakers? Yes, if the crossover for all channels is 80Hz. To clarify for anyone just coming upon this, If a pair of channels are setup as Large, there is still a crossover setting (hidden when Large) that can only be set when the channels are changed to Small. Changing back to Large defeats the crossover - except - when using Enhanced Bass which will supply bass below the crossover setting of every active channel regardless of size. If one wants a pair of Large Channels to have more bass output below say, 40Hz, then change the channel to Small, change the crossover setting from the 80Hz default to 40Hz, then change back to Large, and engage Enhanced Bass. I read from here emotivalounge.proboards.com/thread/36475/enhanced-bass-setting-verified. Here is my settings: All my speakers are set to "large", my subwoofer is set to "Mono", enhanced bass is "on". Crossover settings are default I have the following questions: 1. Can you confirm if this correct? my front speakers will receive their full range signals as well as LFE channel signal. Other speakers will receive their full range signals. Sub will receive LFE as well as anything below 80hz from other speakers. 2. My front speakers can handle frequency down to 20hz. Assuming that the LFE channel contains content ranging from 0hz to 120hz. I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content as well as 0-80hz from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals as well as 80hz-120hz LFE content. is my settings correct? 3. Follow up my second question. If I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content, no content from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals and 80hz-120hz LFE content. How do I configure? To give you some background. I'm currently looking into an issue where my sub sitting in the corner produces directional bass (I can hear some bass from that location). I suspect it is due to the LFE content between 80hz -120hz which is more directional. i want to move those LFE frequencies to my front speakers which are capable of handing that range |
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Post by AntonP on Mar 28, 2022 10:59:35 GMT -5
My RMC is in another from HT room and now Harmony hub is connected to IR in of Emotiva. It works, but i'd like to use emotiva's remote too. So planned to make adapter to connect both harmony hub and IR receiver to proc. And cant finde IR receiver with mono jack ((
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Post by bitzerjdb on Mar 28, 2022 11:35:10 GMT -5
IR Input = Input from an IR Repeater or Central Control Unit IR Output = Output to a Flasher Your Harmony Hub is a Control Unit. All you need is an IR Repeater (Amazon has them cheap) connected to the IR Input and it will receive the IR from the Remote and pass it to the RMC....just like if you used the internal IR receivers. Example - www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63WMost IR units are Mono...Tip = Data, Sleeve = Ground. The biggest "issue" I have had in the past is some IR units still use the smaller 2.5mm jack, and the device uses 3.5mm jacks. I have a bunch of spliced cables :-) |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 28, 2022 11:56:29 GMT -5
Now I get it. No, it won't work. The "IR Receiver" is meant to plug directly into its control box. The control box then sends the signals to all the other devices via "Mono" cables. The IR Receiver needs power for it to work. But i can cut wire and place mono jack instead stereo one? why receiver will not work? The IR Receiver needs power. The processor does not supply power from a IR Input. It only receives a signal from a device that has the electrical power to send a signal. The device that tngiloy linked to has power via USB, so it can be used to plug into the processor IR Input. |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 28, 2022 14:07:23 GMT -5
Here is my settings: All my speakers are set to "large", my subwoofer is set to "Mono", enhanced bass is "on". Crossover settings are default I have the following questions: 1. Can you confirm if this correct? my front speakers will receive their full range signals as well as LFE channel signal. Other speakers will receive their full range signals. Sub will receive LFE as well as anything below 80hz from other speakers. 2. My front speakers can handle frequency down to 20hz. Assuming that the LFE channel contains content ranging from 0hz to 120hz. I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content as well as 0-80hz from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals as well as 80hz-120hz LFE content. is my settings correct? 3. Follow up my second question. If I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content, no content from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals and 80hz-120hz LFE content. How do I configure? 1. All channels=Large, Subwoofer=Mono, Enhanced Bass=On, X0=80Hz All Speaker Channels receive full range signal, Subwoofer receives Enhanced Bass below 80Hz and LFE. The Large Speaker Channels do not receive LFE or Enhanced bass signals. 2. There is no way to limit or alter the LFE range of frequencies. The range will always be <120Hz, and will always be at +10dB compared to speaker channels when using a subwoofer for LFE. 3. As Mona Lisa Vito famously said in My Cousin Vinny, "It's a trick question, nobody could answer it". For a subwoofer to only receive LFE, you must use the Center Sub Output and change its setting to LFE. This way the Center Sub ONLY receives LFE and nothing else - unless Enhanced Bass is enabled, in which case the Center Sub will ALSO receive Enhanced Bass. To finish the My Cousin Vinny quote: " 'Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center." Here's something I just discovered. With all channels setup as Large, no subwoofer, there is LFE coming through all Large channels at the same volume level as the Large channels, but I think this is because I only have two speakers capable of making strong bass below 70Hz. Maybe all capable channels together might equal +10dB, or close to it. So, I think this means that LFE @+10dB is not going to be probable unless there are enough speakers in the system to sum together, because each speaker by itself is only producing the level it's already set to make, no more, not boosted. |
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Post by marcl on Mar 28, 2022 14:15:27 GMT -5
Here is my settings: All my speakers are set to "large", my subwoofer is set to "Mono", enhanced bass is "on". Crossover settings are default I have the following questions: 1. Can you confirm if this correct? my front speakers will receive their full range signals as well as LFE channel signal. Other speakers will receive their full range signals. Sub will receive LFE as well as anything below 80hz from other speakers. 2. My front speakers can handle frequency down to 20hz. Assuming that the LFE channel contains content ranging from 0hz to 120hz. I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content as well as 0-80hz from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals as well as 80hz-120hz LFE content. is my settings correct? 3. Follow up my second question. If I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content, no content from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals and 80hz-120hz LFE content. How do I configure? 1. All channels=Large, Subwoofer=Mono, Enhanced Bass=On, X0=80Hz All Speaker Channels receive full range signal, Subwoofer receives Enhanced Bass below 80Hz and LFE. The Large Speaker Channels do not receive LFE or Enhanced bass signals. 2. There is no way to limit or alter the LFE range of frequencies. The range will always be <120Hz, and will always be at +10dB compared to speaker channels when using a subwoofer for LFE. 3. As Mona Lisa Vito famously said in My Cousin Vinny, "It's a trick question, nobody could answer it". For a subwoofer to only receive LFE, you must use the Center Sub Output and change its setting to LFE. This way the Center Sub ONLY receives LFE and nothing else - unless Enhanced Bass is enabled, in which case the Center Sub will ALSO receive Enhanced Bass. To finish the My Cousin Vinny quote: " 'Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center." Here's something I just discovered. With all channels setup as Large, no subwoofer, there is LFE coming through all Large channels at the same volume level as the Large channels, but I think this is because I only have two speakers capable of making strong bass below 70Hz. Maybe all capable channels together might equal +10dB, or close to it. So, I think this means that LFE @+10dB is not going to be probable unless there are enough speakers in the system to sum together, because each speaker by itself is only producing the level it's already set to make, no more, not boosted. But to your final point ... in my Preset 2 I have no subwoofer, Fronts set to Large, no Enhanced Bass .... and I get +10db LFE from the Fronts as measured with REW output 4. |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 28, 2022 14:23:20 GMT -5
1. All channels=Large, Subwoofer=Mono, Enhanced Bass=On, X0=80Hz All Speaker Channels receive full range signal, Subwoofer receives Enhanced Bass below 80Hz and LFE. The Large Speaker Channels do not receive LFE or Enhanced bass signals. 2. There is no way to limit or alter the LFE range of frequencies. The range will always be <120Hz, and will always be at +10dB compared to speaker channels when using a subwoofer for LFE. 3. As Mona Lisa Vito famously said in My Cousin Vinny, "It's a trick question, nobody could answer it". For a subwoofer to only receive LFE, you must use the Center Sub Output and change its setting to LFE. This way the Center Sub ONLY receives LFE and nothing else - unless Enhanced Bass is enabled, in which case the Center Sub will ALSO receive Enhanced Bass. To finish the My Cousin Vinny quote: " 'Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center." Here's something I just discovered. With all channels setup as Large, no subwoofer, there is LFE coming through all Large channels at the same volume level as the Large channels, but I think this is because I only have two speakers capable of making strong bass below 70Hz. Maybe all capable channels together might equal +10dB, or close to it. So, I think this means that LFE @+10dB is not going to be probable unless there are enough speakers in the system to sum together, because each speaker by itself is only producing the level it's already set to make, no more, not boosted. But to your final point ... in my Preset 2 I have no subwoofer, Fronts set to Large, no Enhanced Bass .... and I get +10db LFE from the Fronts as measured with REW output 4. In your system, is it only the Fronts that are Large? Left and Right? or LCR=Large? |
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Post by ttocs on Mar 28, 2022 14:29:17 GMT -5
marcl I just setup the system for Large Fronts, Small Center and Surrounds, no sub. LFE is +10dB to the bass from Large Left speaker. So yes, this works as you say. So the LFE is spread amongst however many channels are Large. And it works if those Large channels can actually produce low bass.
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Post by marcl on Mar 28, 2022 15:06:49 GMT -5
But to your final point ... in my Preset 2 I have no subwoofer, Fronts set to Large, no Enhanced Bass .... and I get +10db LFE from the Fronts as measured with REW output 4. In your system, is it only the Fronts that are Large? Left and Right? or LCR=Large? Only L/R Fronts are large. In this measurement, no subs configured. The LFE is playing to the L/R Fronts  |
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Post by hsamwel on Mar 28, 2022 18:07:34 GMT -5
Yes, if the crossover for all channels is 80Hz. To clarify for anyone just coming upon this, If a pair of channels are setup as Large, there is still a crossover setting (hidden when Large) that can only be set when the channels are changed to Small. Changing back to Large defeats the crossover - except - when using Enhanced Bass which will supply bass below the crossover setting of every active channel regardless of size. If one wants a pair of Large Channels to have more bass output below say, 40Hz, then change the channel to Small, change the crossover setting from the 80Hz default to 40Hz, then change back to Large, and engage Enhanced Bass. I read from here emotivalounge.proboards.com/thread/36475/enhanced-bass-setting-verified. Here is my settings: All my speakers are set to "large", my subwoofer is set to "Mono", enhanced bass is "on". Crossover settings are default I have the following questions: 1. Can you confirm if this correct? my front speakers will receive their full range signals as well as LFE channel signal. Other speakers will receive their full range signals. Sub will receive LFE as well as anything below 80hz from other speakers. 2. My front speakers can handle frequency down to 20hz. Assuming that the LFE channel contains content ranging from 0hz to 120hz. I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content as well as 0-80hz from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals as well as 80hz-120hz LFE content. is my settings correct? 3. Follow up my second question. If I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content, no content from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals and 80hz-120hz LFE content. How do I configure? To give you some background. I'm currently looking into an issue where my sub sitting in the corner produces directional bass (I can hear some bass from that location). I suspect it is due to the LFE content between 80hz -120hz which is more directional. i want to move those LFE frequencies to my front speakers which are capable of handing that range Emotiva does not support these advanced crossover settings you want. You will need a StormAudio, Trinnov or something like these.. As ttocs wrote using center sub configured as LFE will give you mostly what you want. Splitting the LFE is not possible. Nor is the BM. The problem with Enhanced Bass is that you need to measure each large speaker so you know the natural fall off in your room. Then with this information you can use the crossover settings in small of each speaker to get a pretty nice ”pretend BM”. The core issue seems not to be any of these settings however. To be blunt, having many large speakers playing bass below 100hz is just asking for trouble. Also you ”hearing” the location of the bass can simply be some other reason than purely playing a frequency range. Quality of the subwoofer, placement of it/them or the room having some impact on certain frequencies. Trying different places for the sub can be a good start.. Most of the times the location of surround speakers aren’t good places for bass to be played in rooms. Having large fronts for music and large fronts for HT isn’t anywhere near the same thing. Having large all over can be really problematic if you can’t handle the bass. Btw is there a reason you aren’t using BM? |
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Post by seras on Mar 28, 2022 20:11:19 GMT -5
I read from here emotivalounge.proboards.com/thread/36475/enhanced-bass-setting-verified. Here is my settings: All my speakers are set to "large", my subwoofer is set to "Mono", enhanced bass is "on". Crossover settings are default I have the following questions: 1. Can you confirm if this correct? my front speakers will receive their full range signals as well as LFE channel signal. Other speakers will receive their full range signals. Sub will receive LFE as well as anything below 80hz from other speakers. 2. My front speakers can handle frequency down to 20hz. Assuming that the LFE channel contains content ranging from 0hz to 120hz. I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content as well as 0-80hz from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals as well as 80hz-120hz LFE content. is my settings correct? 3. Follow up my second question. If I want my sub to only receive 0-80hz LFE content, no content from other speakers. The front speakers receive their full range signals and 80hz-120hz LFE content. How do I configure? To give you some background. I'm currently looking into an issue where my sub sitting in the corner produces directional bass (I can hear some bass from that location). I suspect it is due to the LFE content between 80hz -120hz which is more directional. i want to move those LFE frequencies to my front speakers which are capable of handing that range Emotiva does not support these advanced crossover settings you want. You will need a StormAudio, Trinnov or something like these.. As ttocs wrote using center sub configured as LFE will give you mostly what you want. Splitting the LFE is not possible. Nor is the BM. The problem with Enhanced Bass is that you need to measure each large speaker so you know the natural fall off in your room. Then with this information you can use the crossover settings in small of each speaker to get a pretty nice ”pretend BM”. The core issue seems not to be any of these settings however. To be blunt, having many large speakers playing bass below 100hz is just asking for trouble. Also you ”hearing” the location of the bass can simply be some other reason than purely playing a frequency range. Quality of the subwoofer, placement of it/them or the room having some impact on certain frequencies. Trying different places for the sub can be a good start.. Most of the times the location of surround speakers aren’t good places for bass to be played in rooms. Having large fronts for music and large fronts for HT isn’t anywhere near the same thing. Having large all over can be really problematic if you can’t handle the bass. Btw is there a reason you aren’t using BM? bass management? I'm not sure if I understand correctly. Are you asking why I don't set some of my speakers to small so that their low frequencies can be routed to sub? All my speakers are large tower speakers that can handle frequencies down to 20hz except the atmos ceiling speakers. I 'm having issue with directional bass with my sub. So I prefer to have my speakers to handle bass as much as possible. I only want sub to handle bass that is not directional (content well below 80hz). I think I will try moving my sub around if you think it is probably not due to the 80hz-120hz range. My sub is a huge heavy 160lb box so moving around isn't easy. I want to rule out other possibility as much as possible |
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Post by hsamwel on Mar 29, 2022 4:47:11 GMT -5
Emotiva does not support these advanced crossover settings you want. You will need a StormAudio, Trinnov or something like these.. As ttocs wrote using center sub configured as LFE will give you mostly what you want. Splitting the LFE is not possible. Nor is the BM. The problem with Enhanced Bass is that you need to measure each large speaker so you know the natural fall off in your room. Then with this information you can use the crossover settings in small of each speaker to get a pretty nice ”pretend BM”. The core issue seems not to be any of these settings however. To be blunt, having many large speakers playing bass below 100hz is just asking for trouble. Also you ”hearing” the location of the bass can simply be some other reason than purely playing a frequency range. Quality of the subwoofer, placement of it/them or the room having some impact on certain frequencies. Trying different places for the sub can be a good start.. Most of the times the location of surround speakers aren’t good places for bass to be played in rooms. Having large fronts for music and large fronts for HT isn’t anywhere near the same thing. Having large all over can be really problematic if you can’t handle the bass. Btw is there a reason you aren’t using BM? bass management? I'm not sure if I understand correctly. Are you asking why I don't set some of my speakers to small so that their low frequencies can be routed to sub? All my speakers are large tower speakers that can handle frequencies down to 20hz except the atmos ceiling speakers. I 'm having issue with directional bass with my sub. So I prefer to have my speakers to handle bass as much as possible. I only want sub to handle bass that is not directional (content well below 80hz). I think I will try moving my sub around if you think it is probably not due to the 80hz-120hz range. My sub is a huge heavy 160lb box so moving around isn't easy. I want to rule out other possibility as much as possible That’s a normal reaction from people with large speakers.. I can asure you that almost no large speaker produces bass in the volume a subwoofer can. Atleast not under 50-60hz were most big floor standers start their roll off. Just because a manufacturer tells you it produces bass to 20hz doesn’t mean it does it in full volume. Almost no speakers do under 30hz even. Don’t get me wrong here, yes they often produce below 30hz but not anywhere near the impact you’ll get with subwoofers.. But hey I don’t know your speakers.. Maybe you have dual 15” in each and they are 8ft tall and 3ft wide..  My recommendation would be to try using BM with atleast all but the fronts. First try with all.. You should get better overall sound unless there’s some issues with the subwoofer. Are you using only one subwoofer? |
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Post by seras on Mar 29, 2022 11:20:03 GMT -5
bass management? I'm not sure if I understand correctly. Are you asking why I don't set some of my speakers to small so that their low frequencies can be routed to sub? All my speakers are large tower speakers that can handle frequencies down to 20hz except the atmos ceiling speakers. I 'm having issue with directional bass with my sub. So I prefer to have my speakers to handle bass as much as possible. I only want sub to handle bass that is not directional (content well below 80hz). I think I will try moving my sub around if you think it is probably not due to the 80hz-120hz range. My sub is a huge heavy 160lb box so moving around isn't easy. I want to rule out other possibility as much as possible That’s a normal reaction from people with large speakers.. I can asure you that almost no large speaker produces bass in the volume a subwoofer can. Atleast not under 50-60hz were most big floor standers start their roll off. Just because a manufacturer tells you it produces bass to 20hz doesn’t mean it does it in full volume. Almost no speakers do under 30hz even. Don’t get me wrong here, yes they often produce below 30hz but not anywhere near the impact you’ll get with subwoofers.. But hey I don’t know your speakers.. Maybe you have dual 15” in each and they are 8ft tall and 3ft wide..  My recommendation would be to try using BM with atleast all but the fronts. First try with all.. You should get better overall sound unless there’s some issues with the subwoofer. Are you using only one subwoofer? Yeah, thanks for the suggestion that make sense. Definitely will looks into this. My current focus is getting this directional bass away so that I can put ore content to the sub. Yes I have only 1 sub and my room does have have space for another sub in symmetrical position. I did some test yesterday. If I turn my sub around 120 degree towards my front speakers so it face my front wall and front speakers, I found less directional. Right now it is facing front in the right front corner |
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Post by marcl on Mar 29, 2022 11:23:39 GMT -5
Long story short ... really  I have a Dell XPS tower PC connected to the XMC-2 via HDMI from an NVIDIA GPU and it works fine audio and video. I have a new XPS 15 9510 laptop and connected the HDMI through the provided USB-C hub, and it didn't work. The laptop "sees" the LG TV that's connected to the XMC-2 output - same as the tower PC sees it - but no video is displayed on the LG TV and no audio is playing from the XMC-2. I did the obvious ... updated drivers and BIOS, tried a different cable, ran diagnostics on the laptop. Then called Dell Tech Support and the very competent tech connected remotely and went through everything. But ... when connected directly to the LG TV it worked fine! He was stumped and said all that was left was to reinstall the operating system ... we all know that would be an unlikely fix. But ... Quasimodo! I switched the HDMI on the XMC-2 from 2.0 to 1.4, switched inputs back and forth so HDMI handshaking reconnected .... and it worked! So ... very odd problem but the XMC-2 will only play through HDMI from this laptop/hub if configured to 1.4. |
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Post by Lsc on Mar 29, 2022 13:23:28 GMT -5
bass management? I'm not sure if I understand correctly. Are you asking why I don't set some of my speakers to small so that their low frequencies can be routed to sub? All my speakers are large tower speakers that can handle frequencies down to 20hz except the atmos ceiling speakers. I 'm having issue with directional bass with my sub. So I prefer to have my speakers to handle bass as much as possible. I only want sub to handle bass that is not directional (content well below 80hz). I think I will try moving my sub around if you think it is probably not due to the 80hz-120hz range. My sub is a huge heavy 160lb box so moving around isn't easy. I want to rule out other possibility as much as possible I understand what you mean to a certain extent. I have 2 floor standing speakers that are full range (Revel Salon2) and after lots of experimentation with crossover setting, I prefer running the floor standers at full range and have low pass crossover at 80Hz for my 2 subs. While my XMC2 is having a timeout moment in the basement, I’m using my buddy’s old Theta Casanova that provides this configuration. Looking into the future, since the Anthem AVM90 allows this, that’ll probably be my next purchase unless the AVM70 is good enough. |
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Post by Lsc on Mar 29, 2022 14:21:38 GMT -5
I take it back. The bass gets too muddied…went back to setting a high pass crossover on the mains. Sounds a lot cleaner.
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