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Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro
 
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DOA wrote:
I'm still pretty new to home audio so I'm not 100 percent sure what I
am doing is correct. I posted a simular message in another group but
no responses so I see if any of you can help me.


That message did not have any detail about your configuration, so it is
not surprising that you did not get any reply.

I have Gallo acoustic nuclues micro satelite speakers.


http://www.anthonygallo.co.uk/micro.html

Anthony Gallo Nucleus Micro

Specifications
Frequency Response 80Hz to 18Khz
Sensitivity 89 dB/w
Nominal Impedance 8 Ohms
Power Handling 100 Watts

They give the Frequency Response without a tolerance (+/- 3dB, for instance),
so the 80Hz to 18Khz is probably optimistic.

I also own there MPS150 subwoofer.


http://www.anthonygallo.co.uk/mps150.html
http://www.anthonygallo.co.uk/images...ar_panelTN.jpg

I have ran the left and right speakers through the sub and to my reciever.


Ok, you are using the "speaker-level" inputs of the subwoofer:

receiver =========== subwoofer ============== speaker left
============== speaker right

You can also (and it is probably better) to use the "line-level" inputs
of the subwoofer:

subwoofer ----------- receiver ============== speaker left
============== speaker right

---------- RCA cable

============== speaker cable

I'm doing this to not allow low frequency signals to the speakers.


You don't need to do that. You have not said what receiver you are
using, but from the context it is a home-theatre multichannel
receiver with the usual configuration possibilities (subwoofer line
output, bass management).

If you use the second configuration above, the receiver takes care
of sending the low frequency signals to the subwoofer and only the
frequencies above 80 or 90 Hz to the other speakers. In the receiver
configure the front speakers as "small" _and_ "bass out" to the subwoofer.

I set the sub to 120 hz and above. Now I don't know If I can now
set my 2 speakers to a large enclosure setting or should I leave
it at small.


If you are using the first configuration above you should, in the
receiver, configure the front speakers as "large" _and_ "bass out"
to the front speakers. If you set the speakers to "small" and
"bass out" to "subwoofer", the receiver will send the bass to the
subwoofer output, to which you have not connected anything.

Also on a side note there is a slight hiss when the speaker is
turned up. But thats only if i put my ear up to the speakers. Is
this normal?


The hiss happens when you select an unused input in the receiver ?
If you turn off the subwoofer does it change ?

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