hooking up psw202 and psw10 together???

mcinturf

First of all these guys (POLK) have top notch service. I sent the amp assembly in for my psw202 (which was very close if not past the warranty period) per recommendation by a service rep. I never actually called and obtained a return authorization and quite frankly just considered this a loss. I tracked its delivery from here but never received any info from Polk so I assumed it couldn't be fixed or was thrown in the back of the warehouse or something. I received it today. Completely fixed at no cost to me. Great job and thanks guys.

In the mean time I purchased a psw10 to replace it....so now I have both. :cool:

Since I have always hooked these up through the rca jacks and i am running a y out of my receiver...is it possible or even practical to split the left to one of the subs and the right to the other and just have both subs running together? If so what should I set the crossovers to on each (and phase perhaps)?

My receiver (Onkyo tx-sr600) settings are: front(not much bass...older bose), center, rear to small. Sub set to on and xover at 80. I usually have both left and right going into sub with level at about 60% and xover set to 1 o'clock.

ANyway, thanks again to polk for the service and thanks in advance to anyone with suggestions about using both subs together.

mcinturf

Ooops....can a mod please move this to the subwoofer thread? My bad.

Tour2ma

You're fine here...

Easy to do just what you are saying, i.e., splitting your Onk's sub-out.

Trick is to get your subs to work with and not against each other. Easiest way to accomplish this is to co-locate, or stack them. Then calaibrate each separately. Once in service together they should run about 3 dB "hot", which is just at the low end of the range for most HT enthusiasts.

mcinturf

Ok...yeah thanks man...I wen't ahead a did it. Def sounds more full. One other question though....running from the split does it matter where each one goes into each sub? I mean since both subs have left and right in.....should i put the splitter to left on 1 sub's left in and the other half of the splitter to right in on the 2nd sub? If that even makes sense. Anyway thanks again.

Tour2ma

You be welcome...

Use the subs' "LFE Input" (I think both have them). This bypasses any frequency filtering in the subs, which, since your Onk is in control, is the way to go.

If either lacks an LFE input, then either the L or R will do, but you have to crank the variable bypass setting of that sub to its maximum setting to avoid any possibility of double filtering. If you have to do this with one or both subs, down the road you may want to buy another y-splitter (or two) and patch into both inputs. But if you do this you will have to reclaibrate as it increases that sub's output by 3 dB.

mcinturf

Ahhh...I see. Yeah these are both pretty much entry level subs. Neither have LFE input....both have RCA L&R. So maybe I'll pick up another 2 Y splitters because I did notice that by running into only 1 input I am losing some dB. Cool anyway you cleared some things up. Everyone keeps saying that I should turn the Xover all the way up to avoid conflict with the reciever if Im using L&R inputs...but it always seems to sound muddy to me when I do this so I just started keep the xover (on both subs now) at around 1-2 O'Clock. The levels are the same on both at around 1-2 O'clock as well. They are pretty much identical subs.....one is just a newer model. Both are pretty much Polk's lower end sub so unfortunately neither has LFE. Hell...like I said in the first post...I didn't really expect to have two subs anyway. Im also in an apt with people above and below so I really have no need for anything larger at the time....but it seems to sound better at the lower levels Im used to with both subs....just need to pick up the splitters and another good set of rca cables and try to hook them both up with both inputs. Anyway thanks for all of you help-

Tour2ma

Again, you're welcome...

Not sure why they'd go "muddy" on you with the higher x-over setting. Could be room gain in the upper frequencies they are receiving. To check this out you'd need to play with their placement in the room, i.e., nearer/ farther from corner.

You also might try lowering you Onk's x-over setting to 70 or 60 Hz. Even your poor old Bose mains should be able to go that deep.

The better sound is likely coming from more audible info at the subs' lower limits.

But if it's sounding good to you now, that's what is really important.