Polk Audio PSW1200 Receiver Or Processor, Bass Management, Center LARGE WIDE, “Large” Advantages

“Large” Advantages–

•You will probably get better blending between main speaker and subwoofer.

•The bass “attack” or “tightness” may be better

•Imaging may be more even, seamless and natural

HOW THE PSW1200 CAN HELP

If your system has no bass manage- ment/speaker setup feature or if it does not meet your needs, the PSW1200 can help. For example, if you are torn between setting your front main speak-

ers as “Large” or “Small”, you can use the high pass filters on the PSW1200 to roll off their response at 40 Hz instead of relying on the fixed 80 Hz filter in your receiver or processor.

Here’s another example: you have a large full-range Center speaker like the Polk CS1000p. You want it to play Center bass frequencies (for better imaging) and you also want to send those Center bass frequencies to the Subwoofer (to get better system impact). But if you set your center to “Large” and you hook up the Subwoofer

FIGURE 2.RECEIVER OR PROCESSOR

CENTER PRE OUT

						CENTER
						SPEAKER
						+	–
				FRONT SPEAKER LEVEL OUT
				L	R
VARIABLE
LOW PASS
CROSSOVER					+
40Hz			120Hz
VARIABLE					–
PHASE
ALIGNMENT
0°			180°			+	–
				40HZ	SWITCHABLE
POWER
				80HZ	HIGH PASS
					CROSSOVER
AUTO		OFF	ON
				FULL RANGE	(SPEAKER LEVEL)
SWITCHABLE
HIGH PASS							INPUT
CROSSOVER
(LINE LEVEL)	40HZ 80HZ					FULL RANGE CENTER
					+
FRONT			FRONT				SPEAKER
LEFT			RIGHT
OUT			OUT
					–
LEFT			RIGHT
FRONT			FRONT
IN			IN
				L	R
LEFT			RIGHT	FRONT SPEAKER LEVEL IN
REAR			REAR
IN			IN
CENTER 1			CENTER 2
IN			IN

Bass Management/

LFE/SUBWOOFER INSpeaker Setup

Center: LARGE (WIDE)

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