Sub best at high crossover?


I am wondering, is my ears deceiving me, or is the Velodyne DD-18 actually sounding better, when I defeat the crossover (by setting it to max, 199hz), and turn the volume some steps down? This is in a fairly large room, with the sub well positioned, augmenting full range speakers. I hope others will share experience.
o_holter
The only real way to validate what your are hearing is to do a room response. there could be some suckout that the full range of the sub is complementing, or you might find that there is a huge hump in the upper mass response that you like, but you could refine the crossover and level once you know exactly what it is doing.
It could be the DD18 room compensation software, or maybe your power amp works happier with higher crossover point.
If you're asking what would explain your observation:

Your sub is providing smoother response up to 200hz than your mains are. IME, that will usually be the case for a well set-up subwoofer. No mystery there

Marty
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