ronin457 psw10
psw 10 Why do so many people bash this ? Found one for 50. and it works fine . Have it with m20s in a 20x18 room and it sounds real good, to me any how. Also have lifestyle 38 yeah I know bose, old but it works, and it was free.
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Thing is you don't know a good subwoofer from a bad one until you hear a good one. That's the main thing, people who see it as bashing are people who have lower expectations (I wish I was still like that to be honest). I had a PSW10 once, while it did an alright job pumping out bass it is NOTHING compared to even a PSW505 and doesn't hold a candle or even a match to light the candle to my Velodyne.
Hell I got the PSW505 for free (thanks Bruce) and got the Velodyne for $24 so deals are to be had.
For what it's worth I bought my PSW10 for $12 and sold it for $30.Just a dude doing dude-ly things
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I didn't expect to out do any 12 in. sub because it's not. just saying it's good for now. -
The problems have been with some of the boards in them, I believe, and there's been what appears to be higher than normal failure rates with them.
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That was my first sub not from a HTIB, and I too was rather impressed at the time. Glad you like it man, rock on!Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
Game Room 5.1.4: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
Bedroom 2.1 Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer -
I didn't expect to out do any 12 in. sub because it's not. just saying it's good for now.
That's not how works. There are 10" subs that can easily outperform a 12" or 15" sub. The performance of a sub is the sum of the design and build quality.Political Correctness'.........defined
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I have a psw10. Picked it up at a flea market for $5. It adds boom to speakers which have no boom. It doesn't dig deep, it's not refined, it's kind of a one note wonder. But my son, who was 7 when I gave it to him, likes it. So, meh, it stays
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I am still using one in my HT system just because I am not that much into HT. One of the more obvious issues with the PSW10 is the port noise when you drive it harder. Stuffing a sock in the port helps. I made some mods to mine. I swapped the woofer for a DXi104 from Polk's car series subs. Best Buy had it on a Deal of the Day special. I also played around with damping material. It sounds much better but still not a great sub.
A sub that surprised the heck out of my is the Dayton SUB-1000 from Parts Express. I got one for my son a few years ago and it is deep and tight. https://www.parts-express.com/cat/powered-subwoofers/95
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Main 2ch:
Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.
HT:
Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60
Other stuff:
Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601 -
Exactly. I once thought the same, a 10 is better than an 8, a 12 is better than a 10 and so on so forth. Not the case, too many variables to make blanket statements. The only blanket statement I have heard that to an extent is true is that the smaller the diameter of the driver the tighter the bass is however I have heard 12s that are very fast and musical with tight bass so it isn't always true.Just a dude doing dude-ly things
"Temptation is the manifestation of desire which equals necessity." - Mikey081057
" I have always had a champange taste with a beer budget" - Rick88
"Just because the thread is getting views don't mean much .. I like a good train wreck doesn't mean i want to be in one..." - pitdogg2
"Those that don't know, don't know that they don't know." - heiney9
"Audiophiles are the male equivalent of cat ladies." - Audiokarma Member
