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Revel Gem 2 only goes down to 75Hz ?

I am considering Gem 2 for front L/R. However i was stunned to see that their low freq resp rating is only 70 to 75Hz. My primary use is music (both 2.1 & 5.1)

I have a good sub woofer, but i it seems like a bad idea to cross-over at 80Hz when the speaker is only rated down to 75Hz. The usual rule of thumb is to cross-over at approx 2x the low freq rating (eg. 80Hz if speaker is rated down to 40Hz).

Anybody using Gem2 with a sub ?
roxito
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kr4
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Of course, that depends on what is meant by "rated down to." Some speakers are intended to crossover to a sub by design and are capable down to that point and others simply lack LF and the "rated down to" point is optimistic.

I have not looked at the Gem2 specs but I suspect they will reveal that they are in the former category.
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It's not that simple... for example what is slope of the subwoofer and what's slope of the Gem2 crossover? The steeper the slope the quicker it rolls off... And what is the -dB at 75Hz? -3dB, -6dB, -12dB? Makes a huge difference...

I bet you'll be fine integrating the Gem2's with a good quality subwoofer
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Sure. Integration will depend on the tools you have but I have no doubt it can be achieved.
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