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3.1 SPEAKER SETUP
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Although subwoofers are often thought of as something for home theater systems, their use is recommended for music
as well. A subwoofer normally plays bass that is louder, deeper, and less distorted than that of a full-range speaker, and it
can be positioned anywhere in the room to help cure resonances that otherwise make the bass sound bloated and lacking
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speakers, eliminating unnatural sounding transitions which often made subwoofers and main speakers sound disconnected
from one another regardless of the amount of time spent on tweaking.
The setting options are:
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group. This is the generally recommended setting whether using one or more subs.
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channel.
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a subwoofer next to each main speaker and would like for them to use a stereo bass signal, especially if the crossover
frequency will be set closer to upper bass where the sound becomes directional.
Speaker Setup
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Speaker Edit
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