What would you do?
mangata572
Posts: 52
I did not know if this should be in the sub or electronics thread, so
What upgrade should I do next? A SVS PB2 Plus sub (Eric at SAS said this is the one I want), or a Sunfire Cinema 7 Signature 400x7 amp and use my h/k as a pre/pro for now. I know the 55x5 from the receiver just does not do my RTi150s justice, however my sub cant seam to cut the mustard either. These will be part of my under construction 16 x 24 HT. Eventually (tax return $) I will get both, just curious what some of you would do first.
Current setup-
Receiver, h/k AVR 320
Front Mains, Polk RTi150
Center, Polk CSi40
Side Surrounds, Polk FXi50
Rear Surrounds, Polk RTi38 (new in box for future 7.1)
Sub, Polk PSW350
What upgrade should I do next? A SVS PB2 Plus sub (Eric at SAS said this is the one I want), or a Sunfire Cinema 7 Signature 400x7 amp and use my h/k as a pre/pro for now. I know the 55x5 from the receiver just does not do my RTi150s justice, however my sub cant seam to cut the mustard either. These will be part of my under construction 16 x 24 HT. Eventually (tax return $) I will get both, just curious what some of you would do first.
Current setup-
Receiver, h/k AVR 320
Front Mains, Polk RTi150
Center, Polk CSi40
Side Surrounds, Polk FXi50
Rear Surrounds, Polk RTi38 (new in box for future 7.1)
Sub, Polk PSW350
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I think because the 150's like the 12's can deliver a fairly serious amount of bass on their own with some balls behind them I would do the Sunfire first. Additionally I'd give some thought to what you are actually going to use it for as you'll probably find that your receiver might have enough oomph to drive the side and/or rear surrounds. As a result even the 5 channel Sunfire would then be more than sufficient to drive the front sound stage and even to bi-amp the 150's. In addition once you have a Sunfire this will I think allow you to more appropriately evaluate the sub you have and at what frequency point it takes over and thus may change what sub you are looking at getting although if you go for a PB2+ that's just about as good as it gets.
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i say get the sunfire with the dual main outs for bi amping.
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Using the Dual Main outs (Voltage & Current) of the Sunfire's more closely approximates bi-wiring then bi-amping. However, it is a simple procedure to either use a Y out of the Receiver/Pre-Amp or use the RCA in/outs on the Sunfire itself to accomplish bi-amping. However, this does use 2 of the 5 or 7 channels.
See pages 13 & 14 ...
http://www.sunfire.com/pdf/Cinema%20Seven%20Manual.pdf
