I send them to the mains as my V2W's are boosted for extra boom in action movies. Also, I believe the powered subs in the 5 are of higher quality than the Earthquake. Finally, I believe that two sources for bass are better than one. Only one way to find out, is to try both modes yourself. You may also want to have two modes, one for pro-logic movies that sends bass from the center to the earthquake and one for music that sends the bass to the 5's.

Let me know about the phantoming thing too as i am really curious -- I hear that people have different results with different systems, and I don't personally know of any other 5 owners. I find phantom mode to sound much better.

[email protected] May 31, 2003 14:38

I have 2 v2w's for my lfe. I think you would be surprised at the low bass info that comes from the rears that is not lfe...Try to demo the 2wq for the rears in your home if you can...Are you running your VSM's at full range or are you sending the low pass to the earthquake?

That is exactly what I mean about phantoming the center, make sure you are level matched. There are two ways to phantom the center, but only going to setup/input/config/cen, setting the xover setting to phantom and adjusting the phlvl allows you to level match your center if you increased or decreased your "regular" center volume rating. This way, you can make a new setting, and do direct a/b comparisons. The phantom center sounds much better to me. But, you can only use this mode when listening alone, or with one other person who you are REALLY close to :).

Are you sending the bass to your 5's or your earthquake from your center?

[email protected] May 30, 2003 12:46

I have a similar system, I found that putting 2wq's on the VSM-1's make your surrounds that much better. I have also found that the model 5 xover sounds better than the theta's. Have you heard the 5A? I am curious how that sounds. Do you phantom your center when watching movies alone? I do, it makes a big difference to me. Try it and let me know what you think.

[email protected] May 29, 2003 18:09