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Originally posted by John Kotches:
I looked at your profile on my machine and think I found the problem... Here's a JPG of your configuration for stereo music:

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You'll notice that the crossover is 35 Hz and the LFE lowpass filter is 35 Hz. Unfortunately what you've done isn't really correct setup. By kicking in the Low-pass at 35Hz, you've diminished subwoofer right in the crossover region. This would effectively give you not much output from the subwoofer. Try resetting the LFE lowpass to at least 70 Hz, ideally 140 Hz. You created what I call cascading crossovers and that is never ideal.

Also, 35Hz is a fairly low crossover I would consider raising it to 50Hz or so. Some experimentation is merited. Your rear speakers for music are defined as large, you should redefine those to small as well. In addition, click the "All subwoofers are THX Ultra2 approved, or flat to 20Hz" check box.

Those are the things I noticed in the config file.

FYI, your 2-channel Movie and Multichannel Movie configurations looked fine.

Best,
It didn't do anything. Still the same exact output from both of the subs and the speakers.

I had the LFE and crossover both at the same frequency because the person at Meridian USA tech support said they are the same thing, but one is for material without an LFE Channel header, and the other is for surround material that is for an LFE channel. So, he said, they both do the same thing for different formats.

I ideally want my crossover at 80Hz. I only lowered it to 35Hz as an extreme for testing purposes. I have tried it with all those settings 'on' as well as 'off' already, unfortunately, still no change.

How long should the slope be after the crossover for these? My sub is playing output all the way to the 100 Hz where the disc stops, and my speakers start playing output at around 30Hz (I think this is because of the small setting, not because of the crossover, as the crossover appears not to work on my setup so far). At 100Hz the sub is no less loud than it is at 50 Hz, I would think the slope wouldn't be that long...

Thanks,

- Jeff