DSW PRo 400 or PSW 110

ment
ment Posts: 13
edited January 2010 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
mainly for HT use ......

Am choosing between the two ...... i like the DSW pro 400 but the PSW110's price is really tempting :) the savings will get me more BD's ehehehe

i don't really want too loud to boomy bass .....

Equipment:
Polk TSI300 floorstand
Polk CS10 Center
Yamaha RXV430 Receiver
Panasonic BD60 Bluray Player

thanks for any helpful input
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2009
    The DSW Pro 400 is a better subwoofer.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2009
    DSW Pro 400 is better. The better foundation (system) the better you will enjoy those BD's. Now is NOT the time to cheap out.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2009
    I agree with cfrizz and Doro....don't cheap out on the sub....or you'll be upgrading sooner than you'd like...believe me I've been there. Buy the most SUB you can--you won't regret it....go 400 or even 500 if you can?

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • ment
    ment Posts: 13
    edited December 2009
    thanks thanks ....

    going DSW Pro 500 is asking too much of the wallet already :p

    thanks thanks .... will demo both later and lets see which goes home with me :D
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2009
    +1 dsw 400
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  • braaaaay
    braaaaay Posts: 11
    edited December 2009
    is psw110 really that bad? :)
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2009
    braaaaay wrote: »
    is psw110 really that bad? :)

    No, but there's always better.
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  • ment
    ment Posts: 13
    edited December 2009
    settled with DSW Pro 400 .....

    PSW110 is a decent sub but base on my demo earlier ..... DSW Pro 400 blew PSW110 away .... 8" sub beating the bejezz out of a 10"

    money well spent :P
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited December 2009
    I have the PSW110 and am looking to upgrade now. I got it because it was cheap. I enjoyed it at first but now wish i would have waited to get something better. Hope i can get about what i paid for it when i sell it. I got it with an employee discount. Currently i am looking at either an SVS or an ED. Good choice on the 400 over the 110.
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2009
    braaaaay wrote: »
    is psw110 really that bad? :)

    It's not that it's bad per se, it's just that there is better, newer technology behind the DSW series of subs that make them better than the older PSW series.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • ment
    ment Posts: 13
    edited January 2010
    after almost a month ...... the sound is now softer and with nice extension that doesn't go boomy.

    For 3 straight nights I left the HT system running on "repeat all" of Bass Mekanik's Bass 305 CD in a generally subtle "break-in" volume (That's about -60db) .....

    Though my friend was already "tainted" with his own SVS ultra ..... he has nothing bad to say about my Polk DSW Sub when he demo'ed my setup the first time last night.

    Highly recommended. The extra cost is justified
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2010
    Glad you like it! That was the better choice...Polk put lots of R&D into those subs precisely since so many people had criticized their subs before this.

    Now you can invest with confidence knowing that even if you upgrade this little sub will be great in a second system.

    Have fun!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • madnod
    madnod Posts: 79
    edited January 2010
    at the time i compared the DSW pro 600 VS 2 PSW125 and i chose one DSW Pro, so as the guys above stated the DSW PRO series is much much better than the PSW, so DSW it is.
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