help me complete my awesome bedroom setup!

NathanRix
NathanRix Posts: 5
edited July 2011 in Speakers
so my room is rougly 18x14 with a with an alcove in one corner, but the main area is with the given dimensions. ive been building my system up for a month and half now, the sound system any way. right now i have tsi 400's for the fronts, tsi 100's for the rears, and a cs10 center all hooked up to a pioneer 1021k reciever. So as you can see there is no sub mentioned. I had a psw110 for a few weeks but it felt underpowered at a wimpy 100 watts/200 max. So i returned it and am now have narrowed it down to a few subs, the micro pro 1000, the psw 505, and the dsw 500. Ive been leaning towards the 1000 for its power and tight accurate bass. Problem is I have no where to demo one, checked a bunch of stores in the area, and i managed to get a guy on youtube to make a demo vid, but it wasnt very good. Any other videos would be greatly appreciated! My main usage is gaming and movies, my problem with the psw 110 was that I couldnt properly set it up for music so i know the micro pro will get the job done, only question is how will it do with home theater and gaming? No matter what i end up doing i will eventually this year get a second sub

thanks!
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  • Almadacr
    Almadacr Posts: 185
    edited July 2011
    Did you thought alredy in other sub than the Polk ones , depending on your budget you have out there better options than polk for subs ??????
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited July 2011
    Nice system...........Welcome to the Club!
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • NathanRix
    NathanRix Posts: 5
    edited July 2011
    Almadacr wrote: »
    Did you thought alredy in other sub than the Polk ones , depending on your budget you have out there better options than polk for subs ??????

    i looked at a few others at my local magnolia store, def tech, martin logan, but id think ill be plenty happy with the polk choices
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2011
    Welcome to Club Polk!

    If you're mostly interested in augmenting your system for HT, I'd get a Polk DSW 600.

    The MicroPro 1000 is a nice sub--I have one that I've reviewed and am waiting to send on its way. The 1000 is best suited for music (tight/deep/quick controlled bass) in a small to mid-sized room--not too big!

    The 600 is perfect for a HT system in a room your size if you want to stay with Polk!

    Good Luck!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • NathanRix
    NathanRix Posts: 5
    edited July 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    Welcome to Club Polk!

    If you're mostly interested in augmenting your system for HT, I'd get a Polk DSW 600.

    The MicroPro 1000 is a nice sub--I have one that I've reviewed and am waiting to send on its way. The 1000 is best suited for music (tight/deep/quick controlled bass) in a small to mid-sized room--not too big!

    The 600 is perfect for a HT system in a room your size if you want to stay with Polk!

    Good Luck!

    cnh
    what do you thing of the 500? I can have on on amazon right now for 330, the 600 is out of my price range
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2011
    The 500 is a nice sub but the 600 reaches 5 hz lower at 25hz and that makes a difference for LFEs in movie soundtracks.

    Having said that, certainly the 500 will be noticeably better than a PSW110.

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • Almadacr
    Almadacr Posts: 185
    edited July 2011
    NathanRix wrote: »
    i looked at a few others at my local magnolia store, def tech, martin logan, but id think ill be plenty happy with the polk choices

    For that price i would take a HSU or a EPIK any given day , and most of the guys around here would agree on that :wink:
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  • NathanRix
    NathanRix Posts: 5
    edited July 2011
    Almadacr wrote: »
    For that price i would take a HSU or a EPIK any given day , and most of the guys around here would agree on that :wink:

    see the ones at the mag store i can get a discount on since i work at bby :) so some of those nice hsu, svs etc would be out of my range too
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  • drummer86
    drummer86 Posts: 441
    edited July 2011
    I don't know how significant your discount is, but when I see the psw10 listed at $199 there I'd imagine the hsu's and svs's would be a tad out of your price range (mine too!) :eek:
    Display: LG 47" LCD | AVR: Marantz SR5005 | BD: Panasonic BDT-210 | CD/SACD: Oppo 980 |
    Amps: Rotel RB-990bx | Marantz MA-500 | Speakers: Totem Mite : Totem Mite-C : RC60i | Sub: HSU VTF-2 MKIV

    HK AVR635 | Polk R30 | Sony DVD/SACD Player
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  • NathanRix
    NathanRix Posts: 5
    edited July 2011
    I also was taking a look at def tech super cube and a few Bice, any thoughts on those?
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