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In Reply to: RE: How Is Bass Divided Among Speakers If No Sub? posted by mitch4t on July 14, 2013 at 11:07:39
If there's no .1/LFE speaker in a speaker configuration, then that channel's info will not be played and any bass info redirected from non-full range speakers, if there are any, will not be played over the system.
Any speakers configured as large/full range will get all of the bass info that was mixed for that particular channel. Any speaker set up as non-full range/small will get a limited signal based on how the surround processor/receiver is set up (eg, crossover points).
In your setup, you'll get all of the bass info that was in the mix except the .1/LFE info. That means you'll be missing some of the really intense bass in a soundtrack.
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LFE should be directed to the large speakers if Sub is set to none. Read some articles on "bass management" or the manual for your pre/processor or AVR.
There are devices out there which do not properly implement bass management. I know my old Technics SH-AC500D didn't do it for DTS (so I had to use an analog active crossover for bass management and phantom center). And some more recent AVR had a bug where bass management didn't work for PCM stereo sources (possibly the Onkyo 608).
While most surround processors/receivers will do this (reroute to the mains if they're set as large), it could easily lead to speaker damage. See the first line of #3:
Thanks Joe. I can do without the really intense bass. My neighbors will be outside my door with torches and pitchforks if I had a subwoofer.
I share a walls with neighbors on both sides of me in my loft.
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