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Crossover frequency for HTM-200SE

MartinL89

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Dec 2, 2016
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So I'm using the HTM-200SE for surrounds. Audyssey XT32 set the crossover frequency at 150 Hz. Is this a little too high?

They should be easily be crossed over at 80Hz, right?

Are there any negatives to manually raising the crossover to 80Hz?
 
Solution
Specs are down at 70htz mate so theyre not going to have an issue at 80htz bass response wise really.
Depends if you're using a sub aswell really in which case I wouldn't go below 100htz & let the sub handle anything below.
If you're not using a sub I'd take them right down to 70htz & see how they sound.
Audyssey set this based on speaker response AND room's accoustic.

But no, you do whatever you want, think is sounds better, nothing is gonna blow up.
 
Specs are down at 70htz mate so theyre not going to have an issue at 80htz bass response wise really.
Depends if you're using a sub aswell really in which case I wouldn't go below 100htz & let the sub handle anything below.
If you're not using a sub I'd take them right down to 70htz & see how they sound.
 
Solution
With two 4 inch woofers I think Audyssey is correct to set the crossover point higher than usual.
If you set it lower the rears might not sound as clean or play as loud as you need them to. It would depend on the room.