Bookshelf Speaker Reviews

Both the Nucleus and the A'Diva (either in regular or Ti) use a single full-range driver, either conventional plastic or made from titanium.

With my Onkyo receiver Audyssey set the crossover frequency at 150 and I had the subwoofer's crossover disabled because of that. Your review suggests to me that I am slightly confused over this issue.

thelrdintexas

For the last two years I have used the Orbs with 4 mods for center channel, 2 mods eacg for left and right front, 2 mods each for rear and 1 mod each for front high, right and left.

I have been very pleased with their sound.

Mark usually sets the crossover in his receiver rather than in the subwoofer, but it's not really relevant whether you do it in the receiver or the sub. If you do it in the AVR, you should indeed set the subwoofer to bypass or crank it wide open. As for the crossover point, this is always a judgement call based on your room and the subwoofer placement. Crossover with small satellites like these should be set to optimize two sometimes opposing goals: insuring that there is no obvious, audible frequency gap between the sub and the satellies (which often suggests a higher crossover frequency) and having a low enough crossover point so that the sub gets a minimum of upper bass frequencies that could make it easier to localize. This will be affected by where the sub is located in your room and the effect of boundaries and furnishings, in addition to how low the satellites go. 125-150 Hz is by no means an unreasonable crossover for such tiny satellites, but you can only tell what sounds best by listening in your room.