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Stupid Newbie Bass Question

Okay all you audiophiles and aficionados- when you watch local and network TV (HD broadcasts) does your bass sound boomy like you're in a freeking flea market? My recently resurrected set-up sounds great with DVD's and movies on DTV, but LFE's are boomy and bloated during commercials, & news, all HD.

I have a 7.1 set-up, NHT VT-2 Towers, VS-2 Center Channel, iC4 x 4 in-ceiling (side + rear surrounds). All powered by a Denon 3803 and NHT SA3 sub amp to bi-amp the side-firing subs on the VT-2's.

Maybe I need to adjust the high-pass, low-pass and phase controls on the back of the SA3? I find adjusting this amp confusing as hell.

Sounds great w/ HD movies and CD's. Maybe it's just my system delivering crappy sound accurately. Thoughts?
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savjam
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I have found the sound quality from cable TV to be all over the place. However, the sound from some programming on premium channels such as HBO, Games of Thrones for example, is excellent as well as the sound from the music channels. If your system sounds good otherwise as you state, I would not sweat it.

I have comcast cable box (2-channel mode only) which sounds slightly leaner than my CD/DVD player. Therefore, I use a slightly higher subwoofer setting than for the CD player.

savjam
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