better sub psw111 or 110

forgiven814
forgiven814 Posts: 3
edited October 2008 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
I am new to this game and need help with what sub to use in a 12x20 room with one doorway 6' wide looking for good clean deep bass:

upgrading receiver to onkyo
monitor 70's
cs2
monitor 40's
sony 12' powered sub

any suggestions would be awsome!
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited October 2008
    The PSW 125 is a nice sounding 12 inch sub and can be had cheap.
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  • $mitty
    $mitty Posts: 33
    edited October 2008
    I recently purchased the psw110 (to go with my tsi200s and my cs10) and I'm extremely happy with it. I tested the 110 and 111 side by side on multiple occasions at Best Buy and opted to go with the 110 because it seemed to produce deeper and louder bass than the 8" psw111. The 111 has 100 more watts, but when turned up very loud, the 110 still produced more bass to fill a room. My living room is 25x12 and I don't believe the smaller 111 would've given me enough kick. It puts out great sound for an 8" sub, but it's probably better suited for a smaller room.
    Mains - TSi200
    Center - CS10
    Surround - TSi100
    Sub - PSW110
    AVR - Yamaha RX-V663
    Movies/Games - PS3
    Music - iPod Nano
    Satellite - DirecTV HD
    TV - Panasonic 46PZ85U

    PSN - mrSM1TTY
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited October 2008
    Since you are pretty much putting together the exact same setup I have, I would recommend the PSW125 as leroy suggested. I got mine from CC for $250 (before warranty) and it is a great sub for the price. Which Onkyo receiver are you looking at? I just got the TX-SR806 and am blown away by what it does/is capable of doing for under $1,000.
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • Eric W
    Eric W Posts: 556
    edited October 2008
    PSW110 would be better for your application. It is a little larger but has much more authoritative low bass response. This is one of the reasons we now provide the CEA2010 (Loud and Low) Spec for our subwoofers.

    PSW110
    Low 114.6 db
    Ultra 86.7 db

    PSW111
    Low 115.5 db
    Ultra 75.4 db

    PSW125 is even better:
    Low 118 db
    Ultra 90.5 db
    -Eric
    -Polk Audio
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  • forgiven814
    forgiven814 Posts: 3
    edited October 2008
    Thanks for all the advice it has been rellay good and i will be going with the psw110
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  • forgiven814
    forgiven814 Posts: 3
    edited October 2008
    hey wuatdumsn23 does the 110 sound boomey .... i am going to have to put it in a corner and was wondering if you are using it this way.....
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  • polky noob
    polky noob Posts: 14
    edited October 2008
    Hope i dont get in trouble for this because I love my polks but you might check into bic h100 you can get it for 229 shipped and it goes down to 24hz compared to the psw 110 that goes down to 38 hz.
    Polk Tsi 500 Fronts
    Cs20 Center
    Tsi 100 sides
    Rti a5 rears
    Bic h100 subwoofer
    Ps3 40gig
    Onkyo 805!
    Sony Kds55a2020 rptv
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  • Dagoods
    Dagoods Posts: 32
    edited October 2008
    Guess I will get into trouble with you. Many choices and many opinions on whats good. I am running 2 Outlaw EX's with 12" woofers, 350 watts each, and they get down to 16 hz. No matter which one you choose it will be a improvement and put a big smile on your face when you get the first real kick from it.
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