I have the REL stadium and Proac supertowers, so I don't know if this is any help to you, but: I have my subs at the lowest possible crossover point ('coarse' and 'fine' settings at the lowest level and the level at about 11 o'clock. In other words, try to find the point where you don't hear the sub at all and then bring it up a smidge. People say that one needs a month to find the right setting for a sub. It didn't take me that long, but be patient. You really want the sub to disappear ultimately, not draw attention to itself. By the way, my sub just sits in the corner or the room, a few feet behind and to the side of one speaker.
SF Grand Pianos/REL Storm III combo - help
Hello, everybody! This is my first post here on Audiogon and it's a troubled one. Recently I've been busy building a decent multichanel system. At the moment I have Sonus Faber surround speakers (Grand Pianos on the front), REL Storm 3 sub, McIntosh MHT 100 receiver, Sony xa9000es SACD player and Denon 2900 universal player. I'm trying to set up the sub for a few days and still can't reach even a satisfactory result. The bass is boomy, muddy and abstract. Given the fact the both the speakers and the sub are supposed to be great components I guess I'm doing something wrong. Anyone has any experience with Sonus Faber and REL? What's the correct set up (my room is about 50 square meters with the wooden floor and it somehows usualy causes boomy bass) or maybe you guys can come up with any ideas?