PSW505 Questions

MrMike70

So i just built a new home theater system. Im running a Onkyo TX-NR609. Polk Audio Monitor 70s For Fronts A Polk CS2 Center Channel Speaker And Polk Rti4s for the rears. I just got my psw505 still trying to play with the settings but it does sound boomy at times Its placed in the corner of my bedroom and im running a monster sub cable to the LFE in on my sub. Any options on proper settings to use etc would be great.

chumlie

Look at the other threads. Plenty here to choose from concerning 505 hookup. Are your speakers set to small ?

MrMike70

The Center And Fronts Are Set to full band. As i was reading else where due to the size of the monitor 70s and the cs2 thats where it should be.

djperez81

MrMike70 wrote: »

So i just built a new home theater system. Im running a Onkyo TX-NR609. Polk Audio Monitor 70s For Fronts A Polk CS2 Center Channel Speaker And Polk Rti4s for the rears. I just got my psw505 still trying to play with the settings but it does sound boomy at times Its placed in the corner of my bedroom and im running a monster sub cable to the LFE in on my sub. Any options on proper settings to use etc would be great.

I just picked a used 505 not to long ago and i wasnt very impressed with it. Dont get me wrong it does sound good but not like what i thought it would sound like. My Velodyne dls3500r 8in sub is way better but for what the 505 cost its not bad. On the other hand Polk's DSW line is another story, I have 2 DSW600's stacked now for HT and they are awesome. Anyways about your problem it could be placement of your sub, try moving it to different parts of the room. I would also recommend to set all your speakers to small and set the crossover to 80hz and let your sub do the rest. But i just think you need to play with your settings a bit you should get it dailed in.

MrMike70

Im just going to do the settings manually i did not like what the audessey calibration was doing. And im very happy with the sub for 199$ and i was upgrading from a really old HTIB that had a weak non powered 8 inch sub.

Glowrdr

Mike - you should have read somewhere that everything needs to be set to small. Technically, the 70's and CS2 are capable of holding their own if you set them to large. BUT..... if you have a sub, you should have your reciever pushing the power to the mids and highs while letting the sub (and seperate amp) push the lows.

If you are unsure, or need some extra information - do a search on THX settings. Basically you should start with everything set to 80Hz, and go from there. I know THX says 80 and that's just the way it is. By the general population, I've heard that 60 works for the 70's/CS2. Personally, I leave mine at 80

MrMike70

My onkyo does not have the small setting just full band which i presume is large or diffrent HZ levels i have my fronts and center set at 80hz now. And did notice a better bass sound will play around with it some more. Sadly i dont have the space to play around with sub placement in my bedroom. Should i have my rti4s at 80 as well?

jbooker82

Yes full band is exactly that. If you have it set to full band the sub will not play unless it there is audio from a .1 LFE sound track or unless you turn on Double Bass.