Saturn - Surround Sound Questions

Post by **ImportBoy** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:25 pm

Thanks for the advice guys - I think the standard Saturn audio cables plus the adapter that came with my 5.1 speaker set will do fine then.

Post by **tHePhAnToM!??!** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:50 am

well when it comes to my home theater surround sound my father and i dont fuck around. always on the look out for the next best receiver. but for my gaming its all good as long as it shakes the room. of course when i finally get my own place that belief will totally fucking change......

Post by **marurun** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:02 am

I have a nice receiver but I don't watch a lot of movies, so I tend not to get the full benefit of the 5.1. Also, the subwoofer is actually a subwoofer and not a woofer, meaning a lot of low-range sound that's not low enough is unaffected. Mostly the subwoofer just makes the room shake and scrambles intestines. I'm not real sure why it only hits the lowest of the lows. Interesting design choice I guess.

Post by **lordofduct** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:34 pm

Marurun, what model sub-woofer is it?

And are you using a receiver to decode the audio signal?

If so, there should be an option some where (in the receiver's set up, OR on the sub-woofer itself) to pick the hz range of the sub-woofer. That might help you pick up more range of audio from it. I set mine to listen up to 125hz - 150hz, and bring my fronts down to 125hz and no lower. And leave my rears and center to do 160 and above.

Post by **marurun** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:43 pm

I have a sort-of HTTB. It's a Denon receiver, 4 Denon speakers, a Denon center, and a Denon Subwoofer. Most of the parts are minor alterations on what they, at the time, sold separately. I can tell the receiver to output to the sub either wide or normal (overlap or exclusive) but it doesn't seem to matter. The sub is powered externally and has a separate volume knob so I'm not sure how much control the receiver gets. I'm also not sure if this is a factor of design or audio separation.

Post by **lordofduct** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:11 am

Sounds like a descent little set up there. The two settings your receiver is outputting is to overlap the lows with your mids and highs (basically bring the sub range max above the other speakers minimum). Or the other is cut each seperately, so the sub stops out putting any frequency that the other speakers are already doing.

Which you probably know.

But I bet the sub itself (as it's its own powered sub) is cutting that frequency down again. To bad it doesn't have it's own controls in it.

Meh, I've found most home sub-woofers to suck anyway. Right now I'm working on taking the 15" onkyo that was in my car, and rigging up a power converter to run an amp at low ohmage and get some clean sound out of the bitch. I just need a small enough amp, those car amps kick VERY hard in a house.

Post by **marurun** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:47 am

Gah! forum times out and I lost my message.

Sometimes it irks me that my sub doesn't beef up some of the bass guitar from classic and progressive rock tracks, but considering the thing has enough power to probably break glass at half volume given the proper frequency input, I guess it's OK. Turns out it really does kick in movies. Everything that's supposed to rumble REALLY rumbles. Basically, my sub-woofer is a dedicated sub-woofer and doesn't even pretend to overlap with a typical woofer cone on frequency reproduction.