PSW10 super quiet?
mar504
Posts: 16
So in my quest to upgrade from some cheap computer speakers I've managed to put together the following: Sherwood RD-7106 receiver, Polk RT800's up front, can't remember the model for the rear's, and I just acquired my first sub, the PSW10. Since my receiver is powering the front and rear speakers I plugged the sub into the pre-amp on my receiver. At first I thought the sub wasn't working at all, but I did a tone test and definitely got sound. I have to turn the volume on the sub to Max to actually hear it at all when I play music though. I also have the bass on the receiver turned way up. What am I doing wrong?
I tried using a 3.5mm jack from my iphone to the sub RCA jack and it's quite loud when I have the volume turned only a 1/3rd of the way up, much much louder than when I go through the receiver. Is my receiver the problem? It wouldn't seem like it since the sub is self powered. I've tried several different RCA cables, one was a y split cable. I also have the low pass turned all the way up on the sub. Can't figure out what's going on and I have no headroom for adjustment other than trying to turn the bass on the receiver even higher.
I tried using a 3.5mm jack from my iphone to the sub RCA jack and it's quite loud when I have the volume turned only a 1/3rd of the way up, much much louder than when I go through the receiver. Is my receiver the problem? It wouldn't seem like it since the sub is self powered. I've tried several different RCA cables, one was a y split cable. I also have the low pass turned all the way up on the sub. Can't figure out what's going on and I have no headroom for adjustment other than trying to turn the bass on the receiver even higher.
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The psw10 isn't worth having. I know....because I have one. I tried to run it in a 10x20 room and had the same results as you.
It might be ok in a tiny room, but again...I don't think its an item worth owning.2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A -
Edit...saw that you said it got loud with the phone. No idea, but whenever I ran mine through a receiver it was not good.2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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My suggestion would be to try running the speaker outputs of your receiver to the speaker-level inputs to the sub, rather than the line-in inputs. I've had much better results connecting this way to Polk entry-level subs such as the PSW-10 and PSW-202.2.1: PC>Schiit Gungnir MB>Schiit Freya Noval>NAD C-270>Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1, HSU STF-2 5.1: HDMI Bitstream>Denon AVR-1910>polkaudio RTE55, CS350-LS, RT3, HSU STF-2, Visio M55-F0
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My suggestion would be to try running the speaker outputs of your receiver to the speaker-level inputs to the sub, rather than the line-in inputs. I've had much better results connecting this way to Polk entry-level subs such as the PSW-10 and PSW-202.
What he said...Connect the main speaker outs to the sub and then connect the sub speaker outs to the main speakers. No RCA plugs needed. Use speaker wire.Main System 2.2:
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(2x) Martin Logan Dynamo ~ Marantz CD5003 ~ Squeezebox Classic ~ Music Hall dac25.2 ~ Sansui D-X111R
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