Internal amps in CS1000P & RT3000P - Use or don't use?
Dutch
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I am now in the process of hooking up my home theater.
My front speakers are the Polk CS1000P center speaker, and Polk RT3000Ps for the front speakers. I am driving them with Adcom 5802 amplifiers. (One for the RT3000Ps, and one for the center and a seperate (non Polk, non amplified) subwoofer. These amps put out 300 watts RMS per channel.
I have all of these Polk speakers hooked up with one pair of speaker wires from the Adcom amps to each Polk speaker. (I'm not bi-wiring, bi-amping, or using the RCA inputs on the Polk speakers at all.)
Questions:
* If I disconnect AC power to the Polk speakers, will I be able to properly drive them with the Adcom amps?
* There are also level control knobs on the front of the Polk speakers, would these still have any effect on the sound if the AC power is disconnected? If so, how should they be set? Turned up all the way, or something else?
* Assuming it is possible to properly drive the Polk speakers with their AC power disconnected, would it be a better option to use the combination of the Adcom amps + the Polk speakers' internal amps?
* Finally, if I do choose to use the Polk speakers' internal amps in addition to the Adcom amps, the level control knobs on the speakers kind of throw me off; I'm not used to seeing these on speakers. What's the best way to set them? All the way up? Mid position? Help!
My front speakers are the Polk CS1000P center speaker, and Polk RT3000Ps for the front speakers. I am driving them with Adcom 5802 amplifiers. (One for the RT3000Ps, and one for the center and a seperate (non Polk, non amplified) subwoofer. These amps put out 300 watts RMS per channel.
I have all of these Polk speakers hooked up with one pair of speaker wires from the Adcom amps to each Polk speaker. (I'm not bi-wiring, bi-amping, or using the RCA inputs on the Polk speakers at all.)
Questions:
* If I disconnect AC power to the Polk speakers, will I be able to properly drive them with the Adcom amps?
* There are also level control knobs on the front of the Polk speakers, would these still have any effect on the sound if the AC power is disconnected? If so, how should they be set? Turned up all the way, or something else?
* Assuming it is possible to properly drive the Polk speakers with their AC power disconnected, would it be a better option to use the combination of the Adcom amps + the Polk speakers' internal amps?
* Finally, if I do choose to use the Polk speakers' internal amps in addition to the Adcom amps, the level control knobs on the speakers kind of throw me off; I'm not used to seeing these on speakers. What's the best way to set them? All the way up? Mid position? Help!
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The internal amps for those speakers are to drive the subwoofers (2 6.5" in the CS1000p and 2 8" in the RT3000p). If you disconnect the AC power cord you will not be able to use those drivers. Your Adcom amps will only drive the 2 6.5" mid/woofers and the tweeter in each speaker. The various volume and crossover knobs will have no affect if the internal amps aren't being used. Those knobs are for the subwoofers only. You want to blend the subwoofers with the rest of the speaker, so the bass isn't exaggerated. Hope this helps.
Aaron -
That explains a lot!