There are moments, that happen with pleasant regularity in this Saloon, where many of the seasoned Gunslingers just hit it out of the park.

This discussion sheds light on a often oversimplified subject, and provides all the readers here a way to look at their own systems, and understand why some of the Gunslingers choose other means to the end.

The use of stereo subwoofers, and the benefits of a separate LFE channel have been suggested as significant system enhancements many times. This discussion seems to support those arguments. In response to this bass management problem, Soundhound's stereo subwoofer solution could be employed in many of our systems, even if we have passive crossovers. My own system is similar to his in this respect.

The use of a separate sub for the LFE channel seems to make a lot of sense to me also. According to some Gunslingers, the majority of multi-channel audio recordings use the LFE channel as a bass booster, which creates double bass issues that might even be made worse yet with the bass management limitations discussed in this tread.

Thank you all for your contributions...

Allan

P.S.: The Stereophile Test Disk No. 3 has warble tones at 1/3 octave centers that I have used with some success, but a RTA is the best way to go. If you have a friend with the equipment and software, it can be done pretty easily. The next question is what do you do with the information...