Which SVS to buy??
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I had to move my 25-31+ four times and the wife complained each time. First it was in the far corner, it took the wife 3 hours to notice it:) . High WAF but you knew where the lows were coming from. Next I moved it to the corner, behind the TV (57" Hitachi so lots of room behind)and RTi8's. Higher WAF but it was boomy with some dead spots in the room. I then but it between the right speaker and TV. Low WAF, less boomy with less dead spots. Last move was to put it between the left speaker and the TV. Low WAF but the now I had tight and loud bass with no dead spots in the room. I have the crossover disabled on the sub and set to 60 HZ on the reciever. Each move lasted about 3-4 hours of music listening and tweaking. Now the WAF is the highest and when she gets home in the evening the first thing she does is crank up some music. My point being I don't think you can completely over come poor placement with gain, phase and crossover settings. (If I'm wrong I know I'll be corrected:) )
Kajun442
System 1
Hitachi 57F59A
Onkyo TX-SR703
Onkyo DV-CP702
Onkyo Dx-C390
Adcom Gfa 555-II
SDA-2A's
SVS 25-31 PCI+
Atrium 45 (Patio)
Blue Jeans Cables
System 2
Sansui 8080
Pioneer PL-560 TT
RTA11T -
can someone explaini to me exactly what the phase does? like when i got from 0 to 90 to 180 and every where in between what does it actually do?
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tecmo04 wrote:can someone explaini to me exactly what the phase does? like when i got from 0 to 90 to 180 and every where in between what does it actually do?
well, i know this isn't the entire answer. but the phase dial/switch on your subwoofer lets you adjust it (the subwoofer) so that it's in "time phase" with the rest of your speakers.
If your subwoofer is out of phase.. music will sound off beat.. meaning when you hear a thump in the music it is off beat to the rest of the music. you don't want that because it sounds strange. turning that dial or switch on some subwoofers will help in the phase timing of your subwoofer. you'll be able to tell when it's correct or not. turn it to zero then listen to some music with a good bass beat.. then turn it to 180 degrees and listen again. you should hear a difference. set accordingly.PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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now all you need to do is run the test tones in the receiver, and adjust to reference level, usually at 00 on the receiver. Then you just adjust the level of each speaker to read 75db on the spl meter, the adjustments are in your receiver as front left/right, center, rear left/right and so on. Run the sub a little hot since it sounds as if you like bass. And listen from there.Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!
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tecmo04 wrote:can someone explaini to me exactly what the phase does? like when i got from 0 to 90 to 180 and every where in between what does it actually do?
Follow the link I gave you, geesh.:rolleyes: -
i skimmed it, that is a lot of reading. I will have to go back and read some more. I also turned off the cross over and centered the sub more on the wall. Time to retest and reread.
