New Polk LSi15 Owner

[jpolz]

Howdy folks!

I just got a pair of LSi15's and I'm curious the best way to "tune" them. I'm powering them with a Sony STR-DE1075 in a relatively small room. It's currently paired with a KLH-ASW8-120 subwoofer (yeah it sucks, but it's only temporary).

The biggest question I have is how to set the cross-over frequencies & gain for the treble, mid, and bass ranges. The ranges are:

Treble: 1Khz-10Khz
Midrange: 198Hz-10Khz
Bass: 99Hz-1.0Khz

Each range has a 0-10dB gain.

I fiddled around with them for an hour and I can never seem to get it tweaked just right. Any suggestions or comments? Thanks!

[dorokusai]

That's the EQ function of that unit is there's no reason to use anything but the defaults. Reset it and forget it.

[treitz3]

My suggestion if you insist on using the EQ part [though I would lean toward not using it] would be to lower the frequencies before you do any boosting of frequencies and even then, move only a minimal amount. If they are strictly gain, follow Doro's advice and go back to default and never look back.

Congrat's on the speakers and welcome to Club Polk.

[jpolz]

Holy shite!

I just did a reset back to default settings on the receiver and it sound MUCH better. Something must have been way out of whack from years ago when i first set it up for my old speakers.