I agree with Audioguy123. I have full range fronts and rears but just a normal center. My fronts (Thiel CS6's) will go into the mid-20's and stay really tight. My sub goes about to the same hz but is no where as tight. On music, I don't use the sub even though the output is driven in "Music" mode. But, on movies, it adds a lot to the experience. LFE is its own animal and definitely has its place in movies. Before you make up your mind though, try mating a really good, fast sub (I was really impressed with the Aerial and others have said good things about Velodyne and the REL) with speakers that are comfortable going into the 40hz region. I think it is a cheaper route (maybe not as good as speakers that go down into the 20hz realm). Either way you are going to want a good subwoofer if you do HT.
Full range/no sub home theater
Are there many people out there that run a home theater system with ALL full range speakers? In other words, no subwoofer. It seems to me, and from my experience, that running such a system would be the way to go. I'm in the planning stages of building a system and I was going to run seperate subs until I heard a system that had no seperate subs at all. every speaker in the room (7.1) was full range with full sub-sonic capability. Obviously, the sound was something that I will NEVER forget. Not wall or window shaking bass but the kind of bass that is so low and so tight it actually hits you and hits you hard. Each speaker had it's own built-in powered sub, of course, but I didn't get a chance to ask the guy how they were wired. The speakers in question were the Klipsch RP-5's I have several questions.
1.Is it possible to wire the speakers full range without using the LFE input and still utilize the built in sub amp?
2. Is the LFE signal from the pre/pro a dedicated signal from the recording or is the signal merely "re-routed" from the main "small" speakers?
3. If the LFE signal is used, does the pre/pro need to be set up to use "small" speakers? Can "large" speakers be specified when running LFE signals?
4. Would there be any benifit to running the speakers as "large" AND using the LFE input?
5. How many times can an LFE signal be split?
6. Is the LFE signal the only thing that will power the built in amp or can the amp be powered if the speakers are wired direct without LFE?
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
1.Is it possible to wire the speakers full range without using the LFE input and still utilize the built in sub amp?
2. Is the LFE signal from the pre/pro a dedicated signal from the recording or is the signal merely "re-routed" from the main "small" speakers?
3. If the LFE signal is used, does the pre/pro need to be set up to use "small" speakers? Can "large" speakers be specified when running LFE signals?
4. Would there be any benifit to running the speakers as "large" AND using the LFE input?
5. How many times can an LFE signal be split?
6. Is the LFE signal the only thing that will power the built in amp or can the amp be powered if the speakers are wired direct without LFE?
Any help would greatly be appreciated.