chilly81
Novice Member
I'm still in the 'feeling out' stage figuring out settings and what not and I thought I had 'DIRECT' mode sorted, but now that I've added a sub, I clearly do not.
I should clarify - this is an older Denon AVR-2105 that does not have a 'Pure Direct' mode... simply 'Direct'. It also has a Tone Defeat button. Maybe things have changed in... uh... 17 years, or maybe I (again) just don't understand right.
My main confusion is that from googling and reading, I thought Direct would defeat crossovers, but it very clearly is not doing so for me. Honestly, this is how I like it - but not understanding is my pet peave. Fronts set to Small, crossover set to 60Hz, sub set to 'NORM' (ie. 'Normal' vs. 'MAIN'... meaning it would feed full range main signal and let the sub's crossover deal with it).
My sub is set to high crossover (> 160Hz "LFE" on the knob) and I'm in DIRECT mode and the crossovers are most definitely still active. I've even verified in REW that it's sweeping nicely and handing off around the set crossover frequency.
Like I said, for me this is actually better - I'd like to be able to swap back and forth with 'Stereo' having tone controls active, and 'Direct' essentially just being tone defeat with perhaps a tiny big of increased fidelity. Without having full range sent to the sub - just rely on the amps xover. But if it's running through crossovers either way (which I assume are analog post-DAC? that's a guess though.... maybe not) then what is Direct actually gaining you vs. just hitting tone defeat. Except that there isn't a tone defeat button on the remote lol so it's far more convenient! I basically swap between 'direct' for 'finer' music, and 'stereo' (with bass up, treble down) for rap/pop/bass/mess stuff. And it works ok for me. Just striving to wrap my head around all these crazy settings.
I should clarify - this is an older Denon AVR-2105 that does not have a 'Pure Direct' mode... simply 'Direct'. It also has a Tone Defeat button. Maybe things have changed in... uh... 17 years, or maybe I (again) just don't understand right.
My main confusion is that from googling and reading, I thought Direct would defeat crossovers, but it very clearly is not doing so for me. Honestly, this is how I like it - but not understanding is my pet peave. Fronts set to Small, crossover set to 60Hz, sub set to 'NORM' (ie. 'Normal' vs. 'MAIN'... meaning it would feed full range main signal and let the sub's crossover deal with it).
My sub is set to high crossover (> 160Hz "LFE" on the knob) and I'm in DIRECT mode and the crossovers are most definitely still active. I've even verified in REW that it's sweeping nicely and handing off around the set crossover frequency.
Like I said, for me this is actually better - I'd like to be able to swap back and forth with 'Stereo' having tone controls active, and 'Direct' essentially just being tone defeat with perhaps a tiny big of increased fidelity. Without having full range sent to the sub - just rely on the amps xover. But if it's running through crossovers either way (which I assume are analog post-DAC? that's a guess though.... maybe not) then what is Direct actually gaining you vs. just hitting tone defeat. Except that there isn't a tone defeat button on the remote lol so it's far more convenient! I basically swap between 'direct' for 'finer' music, and 'stereo' (with bass up, treble down) for rap/pop/bass/mess stuff. And it works ok for me. Just striving to wrap my head around all these crazy settings.