Originally posted by Smart Little Lena:
actually. LOTR has enormous LFE content. i have to back off quite a bit with certain scenes to equal gladiator or pearl harbor (or, are you saying it's the player or the preamp or the amp?)
Could it be the disc The unworthy asks the LFE experts? Making you wince away from your clip levels. Are you aware that there was a stink about the first LOTR disc released (although your Special E? Is that the 2nd release and I don’t’ know if that was the case with future releases). A reliable source said the disc was layed 10dB hot. And there were various threads around the forums about blown speakers in connection with LOTR.
It is a disc to use with restraint and moderation.
now that you mention it, i did hear something about DTS discs being 10 db hot because, when they did their own mastering, they weren't compensating for the LFE + 10db.
as i said, this weekend, i'll rent the disc and see what i find out.
no..my subs don't break a sweat at all either. they can handle 1kw each, continuous. it's definitely the signal from the disc.
bigger is definitely better. unfortunately, most people don't want the subs to dominate the landscape of the home theater (what's wrong with these people??). also, bigger is more do-re-mi.
BTW, i have 3 models of the same sub design (they differ in cosmetics only). one of them has the model # suffix: SLL, after a famous internet poster. as soon as the front panel is finished and attached, i'll post pix for a thumbs up or down.
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