Just picked up this PSW505

dl090465
dl090465 Posts: 212
edited February 2010 in Vintage Speakers
Newegg has it for $249 shipped...couldn't pass it up.....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290130
Room 1:
ONKYO TX-SR608
Polk Complete RT 5000 System
Polk RT3000p's Front
Polk CS1000p Center
Polk FX 1000's Rear


Room 2:
ONKYO TX-SR608
Polk RT2000's Front Someone Please Sell Me Some RT3000 so I can have a second RT5000 setup !!!!
Polk CS1000p Center
Polk FX1000's Rear
Polk PSW 120 front
Polk PSW 505 rear
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm vintage.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited February 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm vintage.

    BAAAAAHAAAAAA!!

    -Jeff
    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
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2010
    dl090465 wrote: »
    Newegg has it for $249 shipped...couldn't pass it up.....

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290130

    You did good! And you'll enjoy that. The Polk sub will be more 'musical' than that sloppy Klipsch LFE box. The only thing those Klipsch subs can do is HT...play music on them and they lose all control. They're not a bad sub for the money.

    But for 250 the PSW505 is a nice one!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited February 2010
    cnh wrote: »
    But for 250 the PSW505 is a nice one!

    cnh


    Had it on sale last week for $229 shipped. It's a steal at either price.

    -Jeff
    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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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2010
    uhh...Not to nitpick, but I don't think the PSW505 exactly qualifies as vintage...being as it's still in plentiful availability brand new from numerous retailers.;)


    That being said...the 505 is a fine sub, and for the money is hard to beat IMO.
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    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • dl090465
    dl090465 Posts: 212
    edited February 2010
    BUT, can i connect this sub to the rear surrounds speaker level input??? not the BACK, the rear. My receiver is a 7 channel receiver but I am using it in 5.1. I figured I could change the receiver setting on the rear to large.....can anyone tell if this will work???

    I am trying to do this without running additional wires...
    Room 1:
    ONKYO TX-SR608
    Polk Complete RT 5000 System
    Polk RT3000p's Front
    Polk CS1000p Center
    Polk FX 1000's Rear


    Room 2:
    ONKYO TX-SR608
    Polk RT2000's Front Someone Please Sell Me Some RT3000 so I can have a second RT5000 setup !!!!
    Polk CS1000p Center
    Polk FX1000's Rear
    Polk PSW 120 front
    Polk PSW 505 rear
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  • dl090465
    dl090465 Posts: 212
    edited February 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    If you are running 5.1, then you can connect the subs to the surround speakers via the speaker inputs, but you need to set the surround speakers to large. I have an external amp so I have all the power I need to make the large setting work.

    With a typical AVR, the recommendation is to set the surrounds to small.
    So before you do that though, consider riunning two PSW505's stacked off the LFE and leave your surrounds set to small.

    Thanks, that is what I planned to do, set the rear to large, and have the speaker outputs on the PSW505 power the surrounds...there is a crossover in the PSW505 for the output to my surrounds...so will I still get full power to my surrounds even though they are being crossed over in the PSW505???? Will there be any difference in sound quality to my surrounds using this method???
    Room 1:
    ONKYO TX-SR608
    Polk Complete RT 5000 System
    Polk RT3000p's Front
    Polk CS1000p Center
    Polk FX 1000's Rear


    Room 2:
    ONKYO TX-SR608
    Polk RT2000's Front Someone Please Sell Me Some RT3000 so I can have a second RT5000 setup !!!!
    Polk CS1000p Center
    Polk FX1000's Rear
    Polk PSW 120 front
    Polk PSW 505 rear
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