Is 80hz The Right Crossover For Your System ? Probably Not...

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• BI

  @bigguyguns · 4 years ago

  Finally Finally Finally someone explained it the Right way! Great video very easy to understand very well spoken. This is by far the best video out there on crossover Hz. Just saved a bunch of people a ton of money not blowing their speakers. 👍👍

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• IS

  @ishido1 · 4 years ago

  THX crossover setting of 80 hz is still best I think even with tower speakers with mid drivers (if you have a sub). It keeps your towers playing the freqs that they are better at reproducing and likewise with the subs. Yes your towers might be able to produce down to 30hz as a manufacturer spec, but wouldnt you want to be passing those lower freqs off to your sub anyways as the sub will sound much better at even 50hz than any towers playing the same freq unless they have their own integrated subs.

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• IA

  @ianorigbo7617 · 4 years ago

  Very informative video. Alot of manufacturers do not give this information

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• GE

  @gerritgovaerts8443 · 1 year ago

  Ultimately the room should decide when to cross your main speakers . If you have a problematic room in higher frequencies  and multiple subs , it may be better to set the crossover frequency high , so that you can solve those problems by strategic positioning of your subs

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  @1165mac · 2 years ago

  Audyssey sets my speakers to 40Hz, but they sound progressively more clear (especially voices) as I approach 100Hz. This is where mine are set and sound best in conjunction with my two subwoofers.

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• DW

  @dwalker112 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Found that 60z was best fitting for my L/R (they’re rated to 40), 80hz for the center and rears.

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  @27b-6Buttle · 2 years ago

  I think the most significant attribute will be the SPL level that suits your preferences.  I am  typically happy under 70db and there is not one speaker that is at any risk of damage regardless of frequencies.

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• TR

  @travisworm7489 · 4 years ago

  You can use REW and a umik1 to set a more accurate crossover point than guessing. Your room setup and configuration can have an effect on how your speakers play and using REW can help to visualize what response you are getting.

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• GB

  @GB-je5tc · 4 years ago

  THX Kyle, good to get a reminder every now and then of what we set and forget...<br>&quot;Our ears are always right&quot; and we should learn to trust them more often. Peace.

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• MA

  @macgyvermac2344 · 4 years ago

  Best explanation I have ever heard that&apos;s what people need to hear look what the frequency their speaker are and set it to 50 or 20 above so it rolls 👍👍👍👍👍

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• DE

  @devilmaycry316619 · 1 year ago

  My Boston satellites are rated 150hz and i have them at 80hz. So stupid i was following some random videos.<br>Now seeing yours i am able to get an idea of what it has to be set. Will set them at 160 or above and see how it sounds.<br>Thank you so much for helping many in getting the settings for their speakers.

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• ET

  @ethantedesco1967 · 4 years ago

  Its a contentious subject for sure and there isn&apos;t a single straight forward answer, your ears will be the best decider but I wanted to pick up on one thing you mentioned that I don&apos;t think is right. Your main speakers, whatever they may be, are designed to emit sound over a wide range of frequencies. Expensive ones do high end and low end really well, cheaper ones are more a jack of all trades master of none. Sub woofers have one job, emit low frequency sound and they are designed to do that well. If you have an average speaker setup, you want that subwoofer handling the low frequency sounds, because invariably they will do it better than your mains. Your contention that you look at your mains frequency specs and set the crossover at somewhere just above that is not allowing the subwoofer do the job it should do and trying to use your mains as somehow emitting low frequency sounds as well as your subwoofer. I contend that&apos;s not often the case and you want your low frequency sounds to be handled by the best driver in your system that can emit them so setting your crossover somewhere between 80Hz to 120Hz is more likely to do that. I&apos;d also contend that with a typical subwoofer having its own powered amplifier and not taking away your AV receiver/mains amplifier wattage, you are allowing more power for the rest of the frequencies above the crossover, theoretically giving cleaner sound. I am sure there will be other opinions, but I wanted to give an alternative view to the one presented.

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