Distortion cs1000p

warviper
warviper Posts: 585
edited January 2004 in Speakers
Y cs1000p has bad distortion when I turn the volume nob up at all on it i think its like at a quarter. I have it hooked up through the lfe out do I have bad woofers in it?
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  • kelley
    kelley Posts: 287
    edited January 2004
    I'm not sure since I don't have one but wouldn't you hook it up to the center outputs?
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited January 2004
    You should hook it up using speaker wires from the center sepaker output on the receiver. The distortion could be the result of the center speaker's bass and LFE signal combined which could overpower the amp section.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2004
    yeah i don't think you are suppose to hook up a center thru the LFE output. change it to the center output and see if that makes a difference. i suspect it will. does the CS1000p have powered subs in it?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2004
    You are able to use a pre-out connection, and it contains a subwoofer amplifer.

    The pre-out connection should be the center channel pre-out, not the LFE....as DB stated, per manual. It sounds like you are causing the distortion because of this connection method.

    I would use that term "subwoofer" loosely when it pertains to that speaker, or any like it.

    1) Use your speaker level inputs only, and see if the distortion goes away. Keep the volume low. Check your AVR settings.

    2) Use your center channel pre-out, and see if your distortion goes away. Keep the volume low. Check you AVR settings.
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  • Crystalclear
    Crystalclear Posts: 196
    edited January 2004
    If for some reason or nother you dont like that sucker please let me know because I'm looking for a CS1000p center.:D
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  • warviper
    warviper Posts: 585
    edited January 2004
    The only reason I hooked it up to the lfe out was because the back of the cs1000p was marked that way. Im sure if i have it hooked up without the lfe out the distortion would go away. I thought that polk would have thought of this and would have the crossover set accordingly.
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  • warviper
    warviper Posts: 585
    edited January 2004
    Thanx guys you guys were right on with that info. Using the center pre outs no distortion at all. Sounds so much fuller. Amazing difference now. Long live Polk.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2004
    glad it worked out for you... i bet it sounds fantastic now.

    good going :)
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited January 2004
    Ya, by no means would the bass in this center be considered worth of the term sub, but it is a fuller sound than others that I've heard.

    If I understand the way you hooked up the speaker before was that you ONLY had the LFE connection, with no other connection, right? If that's the case, you wouldn't have heard anything other than what it would try to play as sub levels, which it absolutely won't EVER do.

    Ideally, what would make this one BAD **** speaker is if the amp was disconnected and a crossover was put in to make all 4 drivers active and none of them officially 'subs'.
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  • warviper
    warviper Posts: 585
    edited January 2004
    Yea my bad all the way around. Like Ive said before all of this is new to me trial and error all the way:D all this is make me appreciate polk more.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2004
    Warviper - Glad that it is working fine now. If it is marked "LFE" on the rear, that is a problem, and Polk should have addressed that issue. I say that because the manual mentions nothing at all about using it as a LFE, only in a center channel pre-out configuration. Weird, but oh well.

    That IS one bad **** center channel, real subwoofer or not, it can throw down the sound with authority.
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