Totally foreign territory

neomagus00
neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
edited December 2003 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
i managed to inherit a ton of audio equipment recently. the person from whom i received it is not known to buy bad equipment (he owns a lambrighini diablo; he essentially didn't want to go through the trouble of selling this stuff, so i got it). i took the better part of an afternoon to wire it up, and i know i did that properly cause its all labelled and such, and i've only got one problem. i'm a complete newbie in the realm of home audio, i stick to the car side, so i don't know how crossovers work here. my receiver has setttings for each speaker (right, left, surrounds, center) as either large or small. i take it that setting a speaker to large doesn't implement a crossover, while setting it to small puts a highpass on it? problem is, even with the center set to small, i still get bass out of it, and it's distorting (i think - i don't know what kind of shape this stuff is in or how old it is, so that just might be its sound). i've got me a damn good sub that i already had, and i want it to have all the low-end duties. is there such a thing as an external equalizer/active crossover that i can hook up and take the guesswork out of all this? thanks for any help.
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  • gatemplin
    gatemplin Posts: 1,595
    edited December 2003
    Congrats, tell us what equipment you have. As for the settings, you are usually best to set all speakers to small. This is a high pass filter in the receiver that is usually set around 100 Hz if it isn't variable. Double check all the connections and if you are still getting distortion then switch the cables, wires, speakers etc around and try to find the source of the problem.
    Graham
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited December 2003
    Gate nailed it, We can help a lot if you can provide us with as much info as possible about the gear you have. Model numbers would be a huge help.
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited December 2003
    okey... i went and checked out all my connections; turns out i had totally skipped my "digital surround adapter." i put that into the circuit, and everything is dandy now (as an added bonus, my surround speakers function too). i set all the speakers to small and that worked too. it didn't before cause those settings were on the 5.1 adapter. thanx for your help, tho.
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2003
    Glad to read you are now wired...

    But we'd still like to know what gear came your way... :)
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited December 2003
    Some of these .pdf's are kinda big, beware dial-up users.

    Rotel Line Conditioner
    http://www.rotel.com/products/specs/rlc900.htm

    Rotel Digital Surround Adapter
    http://www.rotel.com/support/pdfs/manuals/rda975.pdf

    Rotel 5-Channel Power Amplifier
    http://www.rotel.com/support/pdfs/manuals/rb985.pdf

    Rotel Surround Sound Processor / Receiver
    http://www.rotel.com/support/pdfs/manuals/RSP980.pdf

    B&W Stand-Mount Left and Right Speakers
    http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFile/speakerModel/DONE-product_info_DM602.pdf

    B&W Center Channel Speaker
    http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFile/speakerModel/DONE-product_info_CC6S2.pdf

    Definitive Technology 15" Powered Subwoofer
    http://www.definitivetech.com/loudspeakers/subwoofers/subwooferbroch01.pdf

    4 Bose Direct/Reflect Surround Speaker Pairs
    TiVo Receiver
    DirecTV Receiver
    Sony VCR
    Sony DVD/CD/Video CD Receiver (DVP-S7700)


    Just out of curiosity, how does this compare to what else is out there?
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2003
    Nice stuff... Somebody loved you...

    Rotel is almost universally respected here. Feelings are a bit more mixed on the B&W's, but most think well of them. Haven't heard much on the Def Tech sub.

    Nothing special about the Sony bits. They're not bad, just nothing special...

    Bose... uh... no...
    More later,
    Tour...
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    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited December 2003
    lol; yeah, the bose came later than all the other stuff, not sure why; i'll probably screw this up someday soon and be back; thanx for the assistance
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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