Originally posted by charlie:
If some speakers are set to 'small' you still get no LFE, but some output is generated to the sub due to redirected bass, thus disguising the problem and making it hard to diagnose. Sub output and LFE are not synonymous.
Exactly! I think some people may be confusing
derived bass with
discrete bass, just because something is coming out of their subs.
The reason I mentioned a DTS test disc earlier is because having access to an isolated .1 LFE track will allow users to determine if the LFE content is truly being discarded or possibly being re-directed to the 'large' mains (as happens when the SUB output is set up as 'none'). Remember that one of the conditions for the problem is that all speakers have to be set to 'large', which might have some unexpected effect on LFE routing.
Just because the LFE signal is not coming out of the SUB output doesn't neccessarily mean that it is discarded. I know it's unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
Best,
Sanjay
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