Left Lacking with the PSW505

Drummerboy
Drummerboy Posts: 15
edited February 2006 in Speakers
I just finished all my purchasing. I am very happy with my setup EXCEPT the PSW505. Its a HT in a 13x14 foot room 8 feet tall. The back end of the room is open (where i sit). I am running a Pioneer VSX-1015TX reciever with RTi8, FXi3, RTi4, CSi5 and the PSW505. The rest of the system rocks. Loud, clean, awsome. I want the base to BEAT ME UP. Please recommend a solid sub that will go LOW and LOUD... that is what i want to make me happy :):):) !! My older PSW350 sounds just as good as the 505!! Dont get me wrong, it great for the money, but i want to shatter windows. THANKS IN ADVANCE FROM A NEW POLK FAN!!!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    http://www.svsound.com/products-sub.cfm

    Give them a call and explain your needs. The best HT sub for your $$$.
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • Drummerboy
    Drummerboy Posts: 15
    edited February 2006
    aaahhhhh I had the feeling it would come back SVS... i think im gonna jump on board!!
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  • Drummerboy
    Drummerboy Posts: 15
    edited February 2006
    I was wondering about the PSW1200... i can get a used one cheap... whadoyathink? (im currently checking out SVS)
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    I will caution that if you like "hot" boomy bass in the 50-60hz range, you may not find enough punch in the SVS. They deliver super clean undistorted deep bass that is great for HT, but some prefer a hotter midbass region for their music and find SVS lacking in that type of bass. SVS will break windows, but at 15-30hz where no small Polk sub has ever gone.

    The PSW 1200 does go deeper than any Polk ever made, but still rolls off by 20hz.
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • Drummerboy
    Drummerboy Posts: 15
    edited February 2006
    im wondering what would be the best for my room.... maybe the PB12 ISD/v?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    Drummerboy wrote:
    im wondering what would be the best for my room.... maybe the PB12 ISD/v?

    Give Eric at SVS a call, they take all your info and never suggest more than you need.
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • Drummerboy
    Drummerboy Posts: 15
    edited February 2006
    got ya, thnks
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    Your room is small, but if it is totally open ended, you have to take the adjacent room into account. You must pressurize both to feel the bass.
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • Drummerboy
    Drummerboy Posts: 15
    edited February 2006
    thats bad.... it opens to a 28x25 room... thats a lot of basement to preassurize... maybe ill close it in... im letting the 505 break in (approx. 5 hrs?) to see if that helps, already beefed up the power cord :)
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2006
    The 505 is a decent sub for the money, and works pretty good in a small room. I had both it and the SVS PB10 running for comparison, and it actually has a little better sounding mid-bass than the SVS. It won't go nowhere near as low as an SVS, and it's totally out of its element in the type of room you have. Go SVS, HSU, Martin Logan, or similar quality sub.
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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