Daniel989
Novice Member
In advance of shelling out on a sub, my friend has lend me his REL T5, rated as 120W.
It's very quiet. Using the LFE input, I've had to turn its volume up to the very maximum in order to get a result. Anything less than that, I can't tell it's there. The crossover is at max, and the amp's LFE crossover set to 120Hz. The sub is next to the front mains.
With the receiver set a a volume comfortable for listening (60/100), the sub is barely noticeable. If I turn the amp up a little (65 or 70 of 100), just above comfortable main listening, the sub suddenly becomes noticeable and actually too loud.
There's no happy medium.
This is listening to a true 5.1 source such as a Blue Ray.
The amp (Marantz NR1504, which is 5x50W) is set to a flat output (all speakers on zero dB), but this is room to lift the sub's feed. I can do that, but wanted to understand why on earth I would need to.
I am surprised to have to crank it to its maximum volume at all, but especially so considering it's supposed to but much more powerful than my mains.
Does this sound right to you? Does anything leap out as what I might be doing wrong?
Many thanks
It's very quiet. Using the LFE input, I've had to turn its volume up to the very maximum in order to get a result. Anything less than that, I can't tell it's there. The crossover is at max, and the amp's LFE crossover set to 120Hz. The sub is next to the front mains.
With the receiver set a a volume comfortable for listening (60/100), the sub is barely noticeable. If I turn the amp up a little (65 or 70 of 100), just above comfortable main listening, the sub suddenly becomes noticeable and actually too loud.
There's no happy medium.
This is listening to a true 5.1 source such as a Blue Ray.
The amp (Marantz NR1504, which is 5x50W) is set to a flat output (all speakers on zero dB), but this is room to lift the sub's feed. I can do that, but wanted to understand why on earth I would need to.
I am surprised to have to crank it to its maximum volume at all, but especially so considering it's supposed to but much more powerful than my mains.
Does this sound right to you? Does anything leap out as what I might be doing wrong?
Many thanks