csi5 speaker setting

[sammybocat]

I have a csi5 center speaker I recently purchased and was wondering if I should set it to large or small on my receiver.

My receiver has auto calibration. When it runs through it, it automatically goes to large. In fact all my speakers get set to large! (Including the surrounds) What is the best way to configure this?

Here is my setup:

Fronts: Polk R50
Center: Polk Csi5 (bi-wired)
Surround: Polk rc80i
Sub: Polk Psw303 (SVS...coming soon!)
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D912K

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Jeff

[walk]

Set all speakers to SMALL. Make sure Sub is set to on/yes and if the crossover point is adjustable, try 100hz or 80hz and see which you like better.

In general, unless your speakers can reproduce bass into the sub-30hz range at flat levels, it isn't a good candidate for the "large" setting.

R50 lower -3db point = 50hz
CSi5 lower -3db point = 55hz.

At 80hz crossover those speakers will still get and be able to reproduce some bass into the 60hz range.