rjohn79395
Posted
6 years 4 months ago
Hi, eXcalibur
What seems odd to me is that your Denon apparently delivered full range 2.0 channel bass to your T2's, set as full range, sub off (I.E. no LFE connection for the.1 channel, so it would go direct to large front mains.) A lot of us discovered over time that we could get better .1 LFE bass using sub on and LFE connections, mains still as large. Why? I guess because the receivers did some rolling off of LFE when sent to front mains rather than subs.
BUT if your front mains are still set as large, the only bass content that should be heading down the new sub/LFE channel is .1 stuff, and 2.0 feeds to the T2's should be the same as before. If the Denon is changing bass management via the 2.0 channels with your new set-up, that's not how it's supposed to work.
It may be worth trying the old setting of fronts large, sub off to see if the 2.0 bass reappears, or whether something has gone awry in your receiver. Maybe re-set the fronts as large again in case the receiver is getting a tad stubborn (stuff like that happens! I've had receivers "forget" to play a channel even though it was correctly included in the settings, and only re-setting the controller fixed it.)
Receivers CAN be quirky about bass management, and I do believe that some receivers do in fact roll off bass to front mains set as large, sub off, even in 2.0. But you were happy with the 2.0 bass before adding LFE/sub on!! That should have resulted only in an improvement to .1 LFE bass, and left 2.0 bass management the same as before. I suspect some quirk in your receiver. Never heard of that situation before. (Have any other Denon owners had this experience?)
Good luck!
Rick
5.4.4 HT speakers: T Ref fronts/LFE 1, SuperCenter Ref, T1 surrounds/LFE 2 + SuperSub XXL, HTR 7000 top fronts, HTR 8000 top rears
Zone 2 speakers; 2 Invisa 525's
AVR: Marantz SR 8015
Amp: AT525NC 5 channel
Cable/TiVo, OPPO BDP 105D, Bluesound Node 2i, Apple tv 4K streamer
48" SONY 4K OLED TV
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