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3.2 BASS MANAGEMENT

In this menu, information about your speakers is used to optimize bass performance.

First, set your subwoofer’s frequency control to its highest frequency since the bass manager will determine how much upper

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The bass manager divides the audio range into two bands suitable for subwoofer/satellite speaker systems. The result is

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example, frequencies lower than 80 Hz are still played by the main speaker while transitioning them to the subwoofer.

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CROSSOVER FREQUENCY

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Instead, setting it to twice this frequency or thereabout, which is an octave higher, ensures that the speaker’s woofer will still

play to its low frequency limit but at levels that present less of a struggle for it.

If you will be using the personal computer version of ARC, you do not need to select the crossover frequency since it will be

set while running the program.

SUBWOOFER POLARITY AND PHASE

Certain subwoofer positions can cause bass frequency cancellation. When the front speakers and subwoofer are out of

phase or misaligned, they work against each other resulting in weak and dislocated sounding bass. This can be corrected by

adjusting Phase and Polarity.

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crossover region using the Phase control which provides adjustment from 0 to 180 degrees in 5 degree increments.

Bass Management Edit

Crossover Off

Sub L Polarity Normal

Sub R Polarity Normal

Sub L Phase 0

Sub R Phase 0

Bass Management

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