On the back of my subwoofer there is a volume dial and a crossover dial. What is the crossover dial for?
2006-12-30 23:59:43 · 6 answers · asked by Sheepish 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
Firstly, you'll find that if you turn the CROSSOVER up past 100 Hz, the sound will cease to be OMNI-DIRECTIONAL...That is, turned up that high your EARS will be able to LOCATE your sub-woofer...That's why THX suggests setting your sub's crossover NO HIGHER than 80 Hz just to be sure...You want the BASS to sound like it's coming from EVERYWHERE...Not just from the corner.
If you have a stereo with DOLBY DIGITAL you can adjust the crossover there as well...Setting all of your speakers to SMALL and the sub-woofer to YES, will pull most of the bass from your speakers and send it to the sub...Some Dolby Digital stereos actually have there OWN crossovers.
The idea is if your stereo speakers are playing soundwaves from 100Hz and ABOVE, then you sub SHOULD be playing 100Hz and BELOW...Check your stereo's OWNERS manual and see what it's crossover is...Or if it lets you adjust it...(80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz)
One final note...No matter how big your speakers are, if you're running a sub, ALWAYS set up your speakers to SMALL...This will make your MIDS and HIGHS sound better (and LOWS)...And just make sure your SUB'S crossover matches your STEREO'S crossover...You don't want to have a GAP in the sound or any OVERLAPPING.
Having the sub play 80Hz and down, with the stereo playing 100Hz and above will leave a HUGE, 20Hz gap in your sound field...For FLOOR-STANDING speakers I would set BOTH crossovers at 80Hz...For BOOKSHELF speakers I would set them both at 100Hz...Experiment...Try it BOTH ways and see for yourself.
And try NOT to turn your sub's volume control any HIGER than two-thirds if you can help it...If it's NOT loud enough at that level, turn it up inside the STEREO instead.
2006-12-31 01:28:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jefferson 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The crossover dial allows you to set the upper frequency limit of the sound you you hear from the sub-woofer speaker.Sometimes the dial also shows a scale that indicates the upper frequency limit that you set for the sub-woofer.The sub-woofer will reproduce sounds below that upper limit. Adjust this point so that the sound is pleasing to you.Use the volume control so that you won't hear a booming sound. Hope that helps you!
2006-12-31 08:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by X-MAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The crossover dial is to adjust the frequency point you want the loudest tone. In other words, if you adjust the crossover to the lowest setting (e.g. 40 Hz), that will be where you want the loudest bass tone to be. Experiment with it. If you adjust it higher, the higher the bass tone will be when you raise the volume on the powered subwoofer. Ideally, you will want to adjust the bass tone (i.e. frequency) to blend in best with your main speakers.
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2006-12-31 08:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To seperate the low frequencies from the high. High frequencies cannot be heard on a sub woofer and no base can be heard on a tweater (High frequecy speaker) Hence a crossover to seperate.
2006-12-31 08:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by Confusus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can add bass or take away bass. It can be used to transfer some of the bass frequency to the other speakers. Sometimes the sub woofer can sound a little "muddy" if you put too much bass on it. If that happens, take some of the bass out of it.
2006-12-31 08:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by capnemo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make it thumpier or muddier. Twiddle until you're happy. All the technical stuff has been explained already.
2006-12-31 11:02:21 · answer #6 · answered by Cyril L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋