where did the bass go?

digitalbit

Quick Question,
I just bought a CSi5 and an RT6 for the 2 front speakers, they sound really good, I was wiring the fronts thru the subwoofer, without using the subwoofer cable, just like the polk manual says, well I went out and bought and a subwoofer cable so I could run thru my reciever. Now it seems like there is very little bass at all, I am using a subwoofer from the RM 6750, I know it doesn't really match the qualily of the brother speakers, but it was working before, has anyone had this problem??

-Les Paul

RuSsMaN

Send me a signed guitar, I'll come up and configure your system.

How is everything hooked up now, sub via a single rca cable and speakers wired directly to the receiver? If so, check your settings on your avr, make sure subwoofer is set to yes / on - and play with the crossover settings for your other speakers (I'd start around 60Hz and go from there).

Welcome to the board, and thanks for choosing Polk Audio.

Cheers,
Russ

digitalbit

I will sign your guitar

I hooked up right, I set the sub to yes on the reciever, all speakers were set to small. crossover was to 80 hertz. The cables are set up corretly.. I spent alot of money on a subwoofer cabler(MIT), I will mess around with it tomorrow I guess...:cool:

Les Paul-

danger boy

is the subwoofer plugged into the wall outlet? are you getting any sound at all from the subwoofer?

sounds like you do have it wired the right way. I'm with Russ.. i think you may have a setting wrong. is the bass knob turned way down on your receiver?

On the back of that subwoofer is there a volume knob? turn it up if there is.

cfrizz

I don't know why Polk insists on complicating such a simple procedure. Most receivers come with a dedicated input for subs. One cable to from sub to receiver, set to 80 all speakers to small & sub to yes.

Simple, clean & easy. Instead they want speaker wire up the wazoo to everything! If you've got 5 speakers that's more than enough wire!