Small or large?

1lakerfan
1lakerfan Posts: 112
edited April 2007 in Speakers
I have the Polk Rti10s and a Velodyne DLS-4000R Subwoofer. Should i set the speakers to small or large? and what should I set the crossover to?
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  • gvg45
    gvg45 Posts: 53
    edited April 2007
    IMO, I would set the RTi10's to small and x-overs to either 60 or 80Hz.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2007
    Set the 10's to LARGE. There's no point having a large speaker and setting them on SMALL.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2007
    Early B. wrote: »
    Set the 10's to LARGE. There's no point having a large speaker and setting them on SMALL.

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited April 2007
    I set mine to large, If they aren't distorting why not.
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  • dougy
    dougy Posts: 182
    edited April 2007
    I'd try it different ways: large with the sub rolled off at 50 -100Hz; and small, crossed over to the sub in the same range. I'd listen with some really good quality bass CD's with the volume cranked up pretty good (but clean). If you have an spl meter and/or test CD with tones going down into the low bass, that would be helpful too. Whatever sounds the best is the best!
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,093
    edited April 2007
    Everything I've read says to set to small regardless of the speakers. You have to try it both ways & listen to what sounds best to you. From what I can gather if you set to large you are missing out on some of the LFE info. If that's true I couldn't say.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2007
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    From what I can gather if you set to large you are missing out on some of the LFE info. If that's true I couldn't say.

    Just the opposite is true.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited April 2007
    It depends on receiver/amp power. Headroom is used up pretty quickly at higher volumes with a receiver, and compression is bound to happen or worse, thermal shutdown.

    The 10s are large enough to run large, if your amp is big enough.

    I always try it both ways and use the setting that delivers the cleanest, most defined sound, free of midbass bloatiness and it has almost always been small settings in most of my installs. So get your listen on...........
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,093
    edited April 2007
    Early B. wrote: »
    Just the opposite is true.

    How so?
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited April 2007
    "I always try it both ways and use the setting that delivers the cleanest, most defined sound, free of midbass bloatiness and it has almost always been small settings in most of my installs. So get your listen on..........."

    I agree
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,762
    edited April 2007
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited April 2007
    Too funny
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,064
    edited April 2007
    You know, I never did try my 8's as large since I bought my mono's..Hmmmm
    I did lower the xover to 60hz.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited April 2007
    I agree with F1. And make sure the sub is set sometimes.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited April 2007
    I would have them set to large, but if they were here the would be rears with the sda's pulling main duty. I also do not really have a choice to set my mains as small, I sold my sub, and my sda's put out enough bass for my apartment,yeah I know I'm not getting the lowest bass but that's apartment life. the sda's and the adcom still do enough to make the neighbors mad(not that I try).
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  • 1lakerfan
    1lakerfan Posts: 112
    edited April 2007
    I have a Denon AVR-2807 reciever. When I put the reciver to small it seems that I get the cleanest sound on 40 Hz. When you put the speaker to large are you supposed to change the crossover on the subwoofer? because when I set the speaker large the setting of changing the crossver to the fronts goes away. I have the recivever connected to the subwoofer through the LFE with what I think its called a Y-adapter.
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