Let us know your results - as I said, there's no harm in experimenting.

I am not familiar enough with the receiver's Audyssey EQ system to know if you are correct in how it handles a "no subwoofer" setup. My assumption is that it still applies the bass frequency filters in the same way.

Your second comment is incorrect if we are still referring to the Triton Twos - the receiver is delivering virtually no power to the bass frequencies when driving the Tritons full range.

Yes, only movies (including mutli-channel music) have ".1" LFE information, however, LFE channel information is sent to "Large" L/R mains, so this comment about wasting LFE is incorrect as well.

Other than possibly something having to do with your Audyssey EQ, there is no benefit to a hook up other than that described in the manual and throughout this forum.

Hope this helps.

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Let us know your results - as I said, there's no harm in experimenting.

I am not familiar enough with the receiver's Audyssey EQ system to know if you are correct in how it handles a "no subwoofer" setup. My assumption is that it still applies the bass frequency filters in the same way.

Your second comment is incorrect if we are still referring to the Triton Twos - the receiver is delivering virtually no power to the bass frequencies when driving the Tritons full range.

Yes, only movies (including mutli-channel music) have ".1" LFE information, however, LFE channel information is sent to "Large" L/R mains, so this comment about wasting LFE is incorrect as well.

Other than possibly something having to do with your Audyssey EQ, there is no benefit to a hook up other than that described in the manual and throughout this forum.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for the reply. Even before you did reply I was thinking that my idea of setting the mains to small in the receiver was problematic. Of course the problem has to do with the crossover frequency with the Triton Two.

If the crossover within the speakers is higher than the crossover I might assign in my receiver's bass management, then some of the bass above my chosen xo setting but below the TT xo setting would be sent to the sub section of the TT and would merge with the material below my xo [+LFE]. Seems kind of messy.

So to avoid that I would need to choose the same crossover that is inherent in the TTs. This is something that could be figured out, but it sure would be easier if you would just disclose what the TTs crossover frequency is. I think my receiver only sends the LFE to the sub if a sub is selected as "yes", and if sub is "yes" then a crossover has to be selected, so it's important to pick the same crossover as is in the speakers.

From your description of how the TTs handle full range, or large, input, I see how my point about power management was incorrect. Thanks.

As to whether Audyssey applies more filters for the subwoofer output vs just to the lower frequencies, I'm 99% sure it is just to the subwoofer, but I'll check in the Audyssey forum and find out for sure.

As to my own testing of this, I have not yet purchased the Triton Twos. I intend to if these confusing (to me) things get sorted out.

Hi again,

Before specifically responding to your recent post, to summarize:

The best way to connect the Tritons in a multi-channel Home Theater setup, notwithstanding any unknown ramifications with Audyssey systems, is using speaker wire connection only, as described in the manual. By "best", we mean the simplest method for achieving best results. Using the sub-out/sub-in additional connection will at best equal the performance of the speaker-wire-only connection. If you have been reading all the great press and reviews, it is probably worth noting that none of these systems were connected using sub-out/sub-in cables. Nor are any dealer showrooms where you might have heard the products.

"Messy" is exactly correct, whether you know the Triton's woofer section crossover or not (it is approx 250Hz, which would certainly not be the correct bass management crossover to use for the Tritons or the other speakers whose bass is also being sent to the "subwoofer") and is exactly why we recommend speaker wire only connection.