Thanks again guys. I've read through all this and I'm trying to process it. I've only been into hi-fi a few years and it has mostly been with equipment that has been handed down to me and in this case inherited.
All of which is to say, my technical understanding is meager. For instance, I don't know what a PEQ is. I'm assuming it is a separate equalizer? And that is to say that a fair amount of what you guys are saying is sailing right over my head.
As for sealing the ports on the back of the main speakers, Aerial Acoustics makes plugs for them (well, they do on their other speakers, I can't swear they do with the 6T) so I'm assuming the speaker was designed to incorporate them. It was also my assumption that if a speaker with a rear ports had to be up against a wall then it could be beneficial to close the ports. Without the sub I left them open and thought they sounded fine. I plugged them while using the sub just because it seemed like the thing to do.
There is a chance I might be able to get away with placing the sub in a better position. Will have to see if I can sneak that in. Not at home right now. Will try tomorrow.
Once I do that I will play with the controls as you guys have recommended and see what I can come up with. I'll make a list of several songs that bring out the best and worse and see how it goes.
As for running cables from the sub back into the amp, well, right now everything is being driven by an old integrated. I will be replacing that either with a Sprout100, a Sonos Amp or something similar so I'm not sure how to do that.
Several of you have recommended that I get rid of the sub. That is currently my intention and it is for sale (I've sold one of the pair of them already). The truth is that there was never a perceived need for the sub to my ears; I just tried it because it was there with the other pieces from this estate. As mentioned, in some cases it did sound good. If I can get it to sound decent within the serious constraints I'm bound by then it is mine to keep. If I decide not to keep it I will sell it and the funds go to the estate which I'm fine with.
Again, I genuinely appreciate all the info given here.
George
All of which is to say, my technical understanding is meager. For instance, I don't know what a PEQ is. I'm assuming it is a separate equalizer? And that is to say that a fair amount of what you guys are saying is sailing right over my head.
As for sealing the ports on the back of the main speakers, Aerial Acoustics makes plugs for them (well, they do on their other speakers, I can't swear they do with the 6T) so I'm assuming the speaker was designed to incorporate them. It was also my assumption that if a speaker with a rear ports had to be up against a wall then it could be beneficial to close the ports. Without the sub I left them open and thought they sounded fine. I plugged them while using the sub just because it seemed like the thing to do.
There is a chance I might be able to get away with placing the sub in a better position. Will have to see if I can sneak that in. Not at home right now. Will try tomorrow.
Once I do that I will play with the controls as you guys have recommended and see what I can come up with. I'll make a list of several songs that bring out the best and worse and see how it goes.
As for running cables from the sub back into the amp, well, right now everything is being driven by an old integrated. I will be replacing that either with a Sprout100, a Sonos Amp or something similar so I'm not sure how to do that.
Several of you have recommended that I get rid of the sub. That is currently my intention and it is for sale (I've sold one of the pair of them already). The truth is that there was never a perceived need for the sub to my ears; I just tried it because it was there with the other pieces from this estate. As mentioned, in some cases it did sound good. If I can get it to sound decent within the serious constraints I'm bound by then it is mine to keep. If I decide not to keep it I will sell it and the funds go to the estate which I'm fine with.
Again, I genuinely appreciate all the info given here.
George