Anybody using Stentors with their Summits. What crossover point are you using?
yes they are. i have a great room ive set my rels at 24 hertz the stentor goes down to 15 hertz. so im using it for ambient recovery. the principle behind it is not to add more bass which it does. it is to make mid and treble more smooth and give a bigger soundstage ie more ambient recovery. they are only being used from 24 to 15 hz. a bass guitar when struck can have leading edge transients as hi as 30k. so when you cross them over like that you have no over lap. and retrieve that information its the total opposite of what you would think. i would think your summits would be flat a 60 hz so you have a overlap at 60hz and way above. i use to work for rel a while back. you should try that setup. i would imagine you have a lot of overlap from 60-200 hz giving you less recovery and to much overlap and smearing detail. try setting the rels much lower its alway better to have a slight gap than a overlap in frequencies always in any setup. try it and let me know what you think. always remember the lower you cross over the sub the more volume you need to produce the lower frequencies . I think yoiu will be blown away. i dont think you have heard them at there best yet. the rel is a totaly dif sub than anything else on the market i found 70 percent of the time they were setup wrong when i went to setup at people homes. what model do you own. are you using two subs? also setting up for music is totaly dif than setting up for movies. that is the reason rel gives you multiple connecion options. so your not going back and forth from music to movies cross over points. please try and let me know i think you will hear your system for the first time of what it is capable of doing. you basically have the rels set for movies.I had multiple brand subs with my ML Summits including Martin Logan and M&K. The xover point really depends on your room challenges and your preference. ML Summits play fairly low so there is no "requirement" to fill in bass at, say 60Hz (e.g.: some monitors). BTW, I now have 2 Rel subs which are the best sounding to my ears. Enjoy!
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