Wiring question with AVR settings

FerdyBoy

Here's a question that I haven't seen answered---

Using the sub out connection to sub and wiring front L & R speakers to AVR's out--what effect does setting the fronts to "Large" have on signal frequency outputs to sub and fronts? Does this take away any LFE signal to the sub? I have R30's for front L & R and they could handle some of the lower frequencies. If you had this setup, where would you set your crossover point? I can go down to 100 htz from my AVR to the fronts. Or, would it be better to set them to small?

Thanks

obieone

Welcome to the forum.
Polk recommends wiring the front's via the sub, set them to 'large', sub to 'no'/ 'off' and then setting the xover on the sub. When you set xover on the back of the sub, it determines at what point the LFE stays at the sub.
I.E.-xover set on the back of sub @ 80hz., everything <80hz goes to sub, >80hz. goes to speakers.
You don't lose the LFE signal.
I'm not sure if this answered the question.

FerdyBoy

Thank you for your welcome and response.

Actually, no, that didn't answer my question. I understand completely about the Polk suggestion of wiring through the line level inputs of the sub for the fronts.

Please read my questions again. If you DO NOT wire through the sub, what effects does setting the fronts "Small" or "Large" and sub set to "On" do to the frequencies of the signals?

When you have (as in my case, R30's) some fairly large fronts that can handle somewhat lower freqs (down to 80 htz according to the specs, but I KNOW that that speaker will roll off FAR before that, probably somewhere around 150 htz), what are the consequences of setting fronts to "Large" or "Small"?

If you need specifics on my AVR, let me know. As I stated, I can set the fronts down to 100 htz through the recv'r controls if neccessary.

Thanks