Twister DTS: A Bit Overrated? A Review.

[Lexmark3200]

Lex; His Lordship has given you proper advice and in particular, DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ON THOSE DARN SUBWOOFER CONTROLS ON THE SUBWOOFER CABINET. LEAVE THEM AS THEY ARE.

In a way, you answered your own question by describing the +6 level as working for the MOST EXTREMEME LFE BASS that are found on D.D. and DTS tracks of which you sub will not make a "cracking" noise. We are talking about a disc here that you feel should have more bass response;TWISTER DTS. I am repasting on this thread what I said earlier. When you do the increase, it is done with the preamplified sub output of your receiver and its readout which is now at +6.The above could become a slight "pain in the ass". A simple solution would be to get to the receivers +6 sub-put setting and increase the bass on a DTS disc till if just satisfies you. Suppose you did this and you hit +8 as the satisfying ouput. Use that in the future when playing DTS tracks that are similar in nature to TWISTER and when your finished, go back and reset your sub-out on your receiver to +6. Kelsci

Thank you Kel; I understand completely what you are suggesting.....are you sure, now, that I should never touch the volume knob ON the sub itself?

Also, does it sound normal that I would need to bump up the sub's calibration to beyond "+6" in certain circumstances? Does that sound already too high? And during stereo music listening, I should note that this bass setting of "+6" does not seem potent enough when listening to CDs as there is almost no bass at all; does increasing the BASS on the "Audio Adjust" of a receiver affect the bass coming from a subwoofer? I thought it didnt.....

[kelsci]

Lex; If you touch that volume level on the sub I will just say it will confuse the calibrations that satisfy you at this moment and throw them off. I would try what I suggested thru the receiver. Scientifically, our ears become more bass sensitive as volume is increased. This is called the FLETCHER-MUNSON CURVE. Lex, put the TWISTER disc into your system and try what I suggested. The hell with the Decibels in this case. The idea is for you to be able to return to the setting that works well with the enormous LFE soundtracks. Kelsci