PSW1000 at Tweeter
I stopped in at Tweeter today since I was driving by anyway and gave the LSI's a listen in their demo room. They didn't have an amp hooked up to them, but had a Dennon 4606 powering them. The LSI's sounded great, but they didn't have the RTi's in the same room, so an A-B comparison was difficult. I was interested in giving them a good listen on a receiver just out of curriosity (pardon poor spelling...have had a few beers) The LSI's sounded a little thin in the middle, but not bad though, of course! What I am getting to is the $1200 PSW1000 sub. I don't know if it was the setup in the Dennon, or what, but I hated the sub. It definately moved a lot of air, but I like my $400 Velodyne sub much better. The 1000 seemed completely inappropriate for music for one thing. In adjusting the volume control on the front of the sub I could not get the sound to blend with the LSI's. The sound was either REALLY "boomy" or if I turned it down I didnt' get much bass at all. I couldn't get a tight bass drum sound or decent bass guitar. a
The sub was definately ...uh...effective... in the movie scenes, but again seemed more like a cheap car sub trying to make a lot of noise rather than trying to reproduce the rummble of an explosion.
What is the deal here? This is my first listen of any of the higher end Polk subs. Are they really this bad, or was the Dennon setup poorly? Anyone have similar experiences? I didn't expect it to be perfect, but thought if would sound better than what I have.
The sub was definately ...uh...effective... in the movie scenes, but again seemed more like a cheap car sub trying to make a lot of noise rather than trying to reproduce the rummble of an explosion.
What is the deal here? This is my first listen of any of the higher end Polk subs. Are they really this bad, or was the Dennon setup poorly? Anyone have similar experiences? I didn't expect it to be perfect, but thought if would sound better than what I have.
HT
RTi70 mains
CSi30 center
RTi28 Rears
Velodyne CHT-12
H/K AVR-247
ADCOM GFA-7000
Samsung PN58B860
Playstation 3
2-Channel
Polk Audio LSi15's
Rotel RCD-1072
Nakamichi CA-5 Pre
ADCOM GFA-555
Signal Cable Analog II IC's
Signal Ultra Bi-Wire Speaker Cables
RTi70 mains
CSi30 center
RTi28 Rears
Velodyne CHT-12
H/K AVR-247
ADCOM GFA-7000
Samsung PN58B860
Playstation 3
2-Channel
Polk Audio LSi15's
Rotel RCD-1072
Nakamichi CA-5 Pre
ADCOM GFA-555
Signal Cable Analog II IC's
Signal Ultra Bi-Wire Speaker Cables
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a_mattison wrote:
What is the deal here? This is my first listen of any of the higher end Polk subs. Are they really this bad, or was the Dennon setup poorly? Anyone have similar experiences? I didn't expect it to be perfect, but thought if would sound better than what I have.
It could have been the room or the set up but Polk's weakest (by far) area is subwoofers.Sharp Elite 70
Anthem D2V 3D
Parasound 5250
Parasound HCA 1000 A
Parasound HCA 1000
Oppo BDP 95
Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
Totem Mask Surrounds X4
Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
Sony PS3
Squeezebox Touch
Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door. -
Bad room. Probably stuck in the corner. If there is one thing I've learned about tweeter is that every speaker you buy there will sound better in your own room. Boominess at the price of the PSW1000 is almost always due to bad source or location.Lovin that music year after year.
Main 2 Channel System
Polk SDA-1B,
Promitheus Audio TVC SE,
Rotel RB-980BX,
OPPO DV-970HD,
Lite Audio DAC AH,
IXOS XHA305 Interconnects
Computer Rig
Polk SDA CRS+,
Creek Audio 5350 SE,
Morrow Audio MA1 Interconnect,
HRT Music Streamer II -
These things are selling on the bay for 699 thought of getting one to try for the fun of it before i get my svs.. and now i see svs has a micro sub i wanna try
MY HT RIG:
Sherwood p-965
Sherwood sd871 dvd
Rotel 1075 amp x5
LSI15 mains
LsiC center
LSIfx surround backs
Lsi7 side surrounds
SVS pb12/plus2
2 Channel Rig:
nad 1020 Pre-amp
Rotel 1080 stereo amp
Polk sda 2B
kenwood grunt Tuner
realistic lab 450 TT
Signal cable IC -
faster100 wrote:These things are selling on the bay for 699 thought of getting one to try for the fun of it before i get my svs.. and now i see svs has a micro sub i wanna try
Yeah, those things are damn small. I'd love to get my hand on one of those as well.
Lovin that music year after year.
Main 2 Channel System
Polk SDA-1B,
Promitheus Audio TVC SE,
Rotel RB-980BX,
OPPO DV-970HD,
Lite Audio DAC AH,
IXOS XHA305 Interconnects
Computer Rig
Polk SDA CRS+,
Creek Audio 5350 SE,
Morrow Audio MA1 Interconnect,
HRT Music Streamer II
