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Quick clarification

If someone had a dedicated two-channel system and deceided they wanted to hook it up to a DVD player for movie watching and they also had a subwoofer hooked up, would the LFE information being sent to the subwoofer differ than the LFE information being sent to a sub hooked up to a dedicated Surround Sound Processor? It is my understanding that the LFE channel on surround is individually mixed, anybody know? thanks
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chadnliz
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First can you set your speakers to small or large? that would have alot to do with the LFE, there would be no diffrence in what is sent, just as long as you have bass management options.
chadnliz
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No, as a matter of fact if owners have full range speakers that go down to 25hz or below a sub is actually a bad idea.
Think about it, if you have 2 full range main speakers you could set them to large with no bass limitations, therfore you would get bass in the right side if the material called for it, or left if it was needed, if you throw a sub into it, it is always a mono source. the best way to run movies if you have deep reaching speakers is to set them to large with no sub woofer.
The bass you will get will be just fine as long as you tell your gear the number of speakers you are running.
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