jenoa17
11-22-08, 09:25 PM
I can't seem to get good results with my subwoofer. I have a Dayton Sub-100 and the receiver is an Onkyo TX-SR605 receiver. All of my equipment was a gift/free so it is a bit mismatched. My main speakers are very old JVC speakers (pictures at the end of this post). I have some polk R-150 bookshelf speakers for surrounds. The center is a Polk CS-2. My issue is that the subwoofer seems extremely weak. The sub is located in the corner of the room with the port facing into the room. This is in a room that is roughly 11x13x10 which I know is fairly box shaped but it is what it is.
My subwoofer controls have the gain about halfway up (it distorts if the sub gain is set too high) and the crossover frequency is set to max. The receiver has the bass for the front speakers at -4dB, LPF of LFE is at 120Hz, speakers set to the Onkyo equivalent of 'small.'
The decibel level from the subwoofer just seems very anemic. The Audyssey equalizer in the receiver sets the subwoofer level to -1dB (speakers are +1 to +3db). I've run the equalizer repeatedly and it consistently pegs the sub as being similar loudness to my speakers. I have a RadioShack SPL meter and using the pink noise function on the Onkyo shows a very different story. The SPL meter shows that the sub is way below the speakers. Using the SPL meter to get the sub on par with my speakers puts the sub gain up to where it distorts. The SPL result is in line with my actual listening experiences. For music and movies the bass seems to be very low.
I have very little experience with home theatre. The only other subwoofer I've ever been exposed to is a Klipsch ProMedia sub (from the Klipsch 4.0 PC speaker set). The Klipsch sub is in the same room and seems to be able to provide more kick than the Sub-100. The Dayton has a much larger driver so I would think that a 10" driver would fill a room much better than the Klipsch. Setting the front bass control from -4db to 0db for the front speakers seems to have my fronts overpowering the output from the sub.
My thinking at this point is that the Sub-100 is faulty or damaged. Does the information above lead people to think that the sub is not working right or do I just not have something set up right? At this point I'm really leaning towards just replacing the subwoofer.
If the subwoofer does need replacement what should in general should I be looking for? I'm looking for a sub that goes in an 11x13x10 room. If it is eventually moved to a different room the dimensions will probably not change much (but will hopefully be less of a cube). I've actually had this issue for almost a year and am very tired of it now so I would like to get a nice quality sub. Price is not a huge issue. I'm looking for a sub that can easily handle my room size and that can keep up with my main speakers. There's almost no information available online about my JVC speakers since they are so old but I am quite happy with them. Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
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My subwoofer controls have the gain about halfway up (it distorts if the sub gain is set too high) and the crossover frequency is set to max. The receiver has the bass for the front speakers at -4dB, LPF of LFE is at 120Hz, speakers set to the Onkyo equivalent of 'small.'
The decibel level from the subwoofer just seems very anemic. The Audyssey equalizer in the receiver sets the subwoofer level to -1dB (speakers are +1 to +3db). I've run the equalizer repeatedly and it consistently pegs the sub as being similar loudness to my speakers. I have a RadioShack SPL meter and using the pink noise function on the Onkyo shows a very different story. The SPL meter shows that the sub is way below the speakers. Using the SPL meter to get the sub on par with my speakers puts the sub gain up to where it distorts. The SPL result is in line with my actual listening experiences. For music and movies the bass seems to be very low.
I have very little experience with home theatre. The only other subwoofer I've ever been exposed to is a Klipsch ProMedia sub (from the Klipsch 4.0 PC speaker set). The Klipsch sub is in the same room and seems to be able to provide more kick than the Sub-100. The Dayton has a much larger driver so I would think that a 10" driver would fill a room much better than the Klipsch. Setting the front bass control from -4db to 0db for the front speakers seems to have my fronts overpowering the output from the sub.
My thinking at this point is that the Sub-100 is faulty or damaged. Does the information above lead people to think that the sub is not working right or do I just not have something set up right? At this point I'm really leaning towards just replacing the subwoofer.
If the subwoofer does need replacement what should in general should I be looking for? I'm looking for a sub that goes in an 11x13x10 room. If it is eventually moved to a different room the dimensions will probably not change much (but will hopefully be less of a cube). I've actually had this issue for almost a year and am very tired of it now so I would like to get a nice quality sub. Price is not a huge issue. I'm looking for a sub that can easily handle my room size and that can keep up with my main speakers. There's almost no information available online about my JVC speakers since they are so old but I am quite happy with them. Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
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