LFE or not to LFE?

I have connected Marantz to F One with LFE and to Genelec 3s with RCAs. Should I do this instead: connect Marantz to F One with RCA and from there continue with RCAs to Genelec 3s? Any difference in the sound? Thanks for any comments!
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    Marcel Schechter Community manager
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    Hi Kimmo! It's just about WHERE the bass management is actually happening. If you connect the outputs of your Marantz to the F One, and the speakers to the outputs of the F One, you will get proper bass management for these channels with a crossover frequency at 85 Hz. The speakers will receive the matching high-pass-filtered signal. 

    If you connect the Marantz to the LFE input, this device will have to provide the crossover (check the manual if this is implemented). Sometimes you can choose between speaker options like "small", "large", full range (no bass management). If a crossover is applied correctly, there will usually not be a difference in sound.

    For multichannel audio with a discrete LFE channel, you'll have to connect the LFE output of the Marantz to the LFE input of the F One. But this has nothing to do with bass management. 

    Greetings!
    Marcel

  • Kimmo Kuopanportti

    Thank you for the very prompt and clear answer! :)

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  • Marcel Schechter Community manager
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    You're very welcome! Have a nice weekend!

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  • Victor Baba

    Hi Marcel,

    Is there a specific release timeframe planned for GLM 5.2.2?


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  • Marcel Schechter Community manager
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    Should be out in June the LATEST! ;-)

    Thanks for all of your patience!

    Greetings,

    Marcel

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  • Victor Baba

    Thank you for the response.

    Looking forward to trying it once it’s released.

    Have a great day!

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