HT hookup help ( psw12 )

rodzilla123

Hi Polk

Please advise on the best possiable way to hook up my Sub and Fronts.

Also could you please advise on the LFE and LFE+Sub Feture and Someone told me to run fronts into sub and back to Receiver and select None on Settings. Please advise. Also please note Movie Buff.System is for HT use only.

Here Is a List of My Equipment

1-Harmon Kardon AVR635
1-Harmon Kardon DVD22
2-Polk Monitor 70's Front
1-Polk PSW12 Sub
1-Polk CS2 center
4-Polk Monitor 40 rear and Surround
All Monster Wire's ( speaker/Optical/ETC )

Room Size 12ft w by 17ft L Dedicated Movie Room.

:eek: Thanks

Marc

rodzilla123

Mostly I am concerned about the LFE do i need to use the LFE feture or not and How ? This is my first set of Tower Speakers ( Monitor 70's )

Frank Z

Connect a single RCA cable from the Sub Out Jack on your receiver to the applicable input on your sub. If your receiver has an On Screen Display (OSD), go to the set-up screen and make sure the sub-output is set to On/Yes. Set the Crossover point to 80hz (the THX standard) and set all of your speakers to Small. Now all of the sound from 80hz and below (LFE) will be played through the sub, all of the remaining sound will of course be played through the remaining speakers.

Invest in an SPL Meter and calibrate the system properly. Your ears aren't calibrated enough to do it by themselves. Here's a link to get you started on proper calibration.
http://www.audiophilia.com/hardware/spl.htm

rodzilla123

What about the Speaker Wire (Front Speakers) ? should I run them into the sub first and then the receiver or just go directly into the receiver.

Thanks for the quick response.

mldennison

you have 2 ways of wiring things...

1) connect L+R front speakers from the receiver to the sub and then connect the sub output terminals to the front speakers.

2) as Frank Z said, you can use the subwoofer output from your receiver and connect to the RCA jacks on your sub. in this case, you would wire your front speakers directly to the receiver.

i would recommend, like Frank, option 2, and wire them both directly from the receiver.

reeltrouble1

rodzilla123 wrote:

What about the Speaker Wire (Front Speakers) ? should I run them into the sub first and then the receiver or just go directly into the receiver.

Thanks for the quick response.

That way through the Fronts is what we call round here the "POLK" way, Frank gave you the forum board way which most of us use. Its up to you. But I like and use the board way. The difference is one way you are using crossover in the sub the other way the cross over in the reciever.

The calibration and setting of your crossover point on your receiver is advice you should listen to.

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rodzilla123

Thank You everyone was very helpful

rodzilla123

Sorry just one more thing What setting on the receiver should I use. I will be using Franks Solution.

1.LFE
2. LFE/SUB
3.None

reeltrouble1

LFE sounds right!

RT1