Question about crossover

[mr2sw21]

The question boy is back ^_^

I just bought a new toy a new AV receiver. The Z7 I love it. A big improve them the HT5100 a lot. However, I still have no idea what crossover is. I been reading some web page to explain that but seem like it is speaking totally different language than I do.

So can any one can simply educate me what crossover is?

Mine machine (after the mic thing) it auto set up the front is large so 60hz no choice and all others are small so 80hz but that can change.

So should I change them to higher(I mean a larger number like 120hz I don't know what the max I can put actually)? By the way is higher the better?

Thanks guys,

[mr2sw21]

no one? that must be a dumb question then.

[Ricardo]

The crossover you are talking about is the frequency where the AVR cuts the signal that goes to the speakers, and sends it to the sub; at 60Hz, all frequencies below that will go to the sub, while all frequencies above 60 Hz will be sent to the speakers.

The trick here is to try to find the right spot that will make your system sound its best. If you have a good sub, and not too powerful AVR, then a higher number will make more sense. This will relief the AVR from power demanding lows that will be handled by the sub.

Play around and see what you like best. There's a lot more to it but that should get you started.

[williamgauci]

Another suggestion would be to change all your speaker settings to Small, this will allow you to adjust the crossover for all your speakers to the same crossover as well as doing what Ricardo says, further reducing the low end load on your receiver and speakers.

[mr2sw21]

thanks all

[ben62670]

What speakers are you driving?

[McLoki]

At a basic level - a crossover is something that sends only a certain frequency of information to a speaker. As you see, your AVR (Audio Video Reciever) has a crossover in it to send some information to your subwoofer and the rest of the signal to your speakers.

Your speakers (assuming there is more than one driver in them) has crossovers in them to break up the signal further and send parts of the signal to the individual drivers than handle them best....

At a base level - the crossover in your AVR is set to 80hz and the crossover on the back of your sub is set as high as it will go. You may want to change the crossover in your AVR up or down based on the capabilities of the speakers you are driving and the amplifier you are trying to use.

Michael