Balancing Bass with different sources

[Smokey]

Once upon a time I wanted the subwoofer on (and thumping!!!) for all sources, whether you're talking CD, DVD, Lp, Radio, TV, cassette, minidisc, digital music streamer, whatever. Now, however, I only have it on when I'm watching a blu ray. My mains seem to provide more than adequate bass in the "stereo sans subwoofer" setting for all other applications. No, I can't exactly move the house off of its foundations without the subwoofer, but I no longer feel the need or desire to.

My mains are shelf speakers so sub take care of the bass. Even if speakers were full sized, I probably engage the subwoofer also as it give listener greater control over how bass sound. Full size speakers take away that option.

And yes, you are getting older

I think Smokey was trying to get away from the constant tweaking for different sources. He was looking for a global setting that would cover all sources, and there is no such thing really.

Lets just say I'm learning to live with it

Like I mentioned had to move the subwoofer and new spot seem to work better in terms of bass clarity as bass sound from different inputs is more apparent. And tiniest adjustment on the subwoofer makes a difference. It is still work in progress, but subwoofer new location seem to sound better and measurements are 16 inch from side wall and 9 inch from back wall.

Both of my Emotiva processors (UMC-1/UMC-200) have three configurable EQ settings. You can program which you want to use per input in the input setup menu.

Although don't have that option, but I bet the EQ settings will be too broad in terms of bass management.