Power Sound Audio Discussion Thread! - Page 34

Originally Posted by BeeMan458 

Thanks for the mini-review and the images. Very insightful.

Originally Posted by ledzep60 

FYI, If they were shipped by RL Carriers for resident delivery. You need to call they to set a time and date. If not they can hold them for 2 days before calling.
Mine arrived at 5AM and I had to call them to see when they were coming. That's when they said they call in 2 to 3 days to setup a time.

Originally Posted by suresh6877 

My pleasure
I am sure you and others will enjoy these quality subs from PSA.. Happy listening !

Originally Posted by suresh6877 

Sure.. There are my impressions so far on my dual XS30 subs.

These subs are built like a tank. Feels very solid. They are quite heavy, which is a direct indication of how well they are built.

Following are the movies I tested these subs with so far :

Avatar (especially the destroying of the hometree scenes)
The dark knight
Super 8 (The train accident scene. The SUBS literally nailed this scene. Very impactful)
Tron legacy (this movie has inflated bass, however the subs handled with no issues)
Thor
Transformer


My impressions :
The bass is very well controlled, tight and deep. To my ears, the bass sounds natural and clean. For instance, when there are movies scenes where it rains, I could literally feel the rain. Explosive sound effects have great tactile feel. Most of the times, I did run the subs at reference level. The floor above my basement vibrates like crazy. Knocked off a few pictures off the family room right above my basement. Note that my basement theater is about 6000 Cu Feet and these dual subs nicely pressurizes my theater. I crossed my speakers at 80 Hz and I could never localize where the bass is coming from. The cabinet is completely inert. Not even once the subs bottomed out. I believe they really have tonnes of headroom. Not even once I sensed any distortion. I never realized what
I was missing all these years until I got these dual XS30s.

I got to tell you, these subs are my first true subs. Previously, I was using JBL Venue Sub 12. I had always known I need to upgrade to better subs. I did look at a few other subs like XV15, dual Rythmik FV15HP, Epik empire, HSU VTF-15H. At one point I was also contemplating JTR Caps and Seaton SubM, but they were out of my price range. That was when I got in touch with Tom and after exchanging a few emails, decided to take his (Tom) recommendation and ordered my dual XS30s. I am really very glad I did. I absolutely love them.

Customer service :
Tom is a great guy. He had lots of patience to answer my silly questions and guided me !
PSA's Customer service is top notch

Here are some pics:

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Originally Posted by mmarki 

Thanks for the review. My dual XS 30's are coming tomorrow. Now I'm really pumped. My basement theater area is 4400 cu ft, can't wait to see what they can do.

Originally Posted by jbrown15 

Suresh6877, you sound like you were pretty much in the exact same situation as I was. Except I had a JTR Captivator S1 and Funk Audio 18.0C and 18.1 subs in my budget. I was actually VERY close to ordering a 18.0C from Funk Audio but after some back and forth with Tom decided to pull the trigger on dual XS30s for basically what it would have cost me for a single sub of any of those 3 that I just mentioned. The only really difference is that my room is only 2100cubic/ft and dual XS30s and awesome. I'm a 100% happy with my decision to go with PSA subs.

And your impressions of the subs pretty much sum up how I feel about them too.[/quote:)]


Am glad I made a good choice like you did..

Originally Posted by SmokenAshes 

Suresh, it looks like your using front presence speakers. I'm thinking about getting some as well, what do you think of them?

Originally Posted by SmokenAshes 

Suresh, it looks like your using front presence speakers. I'm thinking about getting some as well, what do you think of them?

Originally Posted by BeeMan458 

Working with your question above, aesthetically, my concern, how do the cable attachments on the side look as opposed to being located in the traditional location, the back of the sub?

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Originally Posted by suresh6877 

My opinion is, asthetically it may not look so bad if the sub cable is sticking out a bit.

Originally Posted by BeeMan458 

Thanks! Maybe a ninety degree RCA angle adapter will give a lower profile which will allow the cable to stay closer to the box and drop more easily to the floor?

Originally Posted by suresh6877 

My subs are placed in a manner the dual woofers are facing side ways and the sub amp is facing the back wall. In other words, my sub cable is nicely hidden.

Originally Posted by SmokenAshes 

Here is my first run with the TRex Effect on my HSU with the scene from Underworld Awakening, the giant werewolf entrance. Check it out

Originally Posted by jbrown15 

My subs are set up the same way. After I talked to Tom he said this would be the best way for me to have them setup.

Originally Posted by BeeMan458 

Aaaaah man, it ended. That was cool.

Originally Posted by walke108 

I had mine set up the same way to keep my curious kids away from the subs and hide the cables. Someone pointed me to a link on data-bass.com that talks about the difficulties they had in testing the epik empire dual opposing subs. One thing mentioned in the article was that with the dual opposing subs, rotating the subs in any direction made little to no difference in three different listening positions.

http://www.data-bass.com/data?page=content&id=77

Originally Posted by SmokenAshes 

Hey guys I'm experimenting on something here. I'm calling it the "T-Rex Effect". I took a plastic cup of water and placed it on a table about 15ft from the subwoofer and played a certain scene. I remember you guys talking about SPL meters and such so I wanted to take a different approach about it. Well I wanted to compare my XS30 (when it arrives) to my current sub, which is a HSU VTF3 MK4.

Here is my first run with the TRex Effect on my HSU with the scene from Underworld Awakening, the giant werewolf entrance. Check it out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB-tZQTtEJA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Originally Posted by jbrown15 

Which is another reason why I feel PSA makes great subs because none of them are direct firing subs. So their readings wouldn't reflect having a mic 2meters away pointed directly and the woofer firing directly at the mic. I could be way off of course but I would have to assume if you took two subs that were basically the same size, design and amp but one was front firing, the front firing would measure a little better.

And their designs put up good numbers the way they are. Of course I could be way off about my assumption and now il probably have to do some research on my own after making this post....lol

Originally Posted by atabea 

XS30 ordered!!!!! Now comes the long wait. In the meantime, those who already have, or those who will receive their subs in the near future, please post your experiences while the rest of us wait for product to be built and shipped.

atabea

Originally Posted by atabea 

XS30 ordered!!!!! Now comes the long wait. In the meantime, those who already have, or those who will receive their subs in the near future, please post your experiences while the rest of us wait for product to be built and shipped.

atabea

Originally Posted by suresh6877 

Congrats !
You are going to love this tank

Originally Posted by atabea 

Eventually, I would like to emulate you and make it dual XS30s. Hopefully in a few months I can make that a reality.

Originally Posted by SmokenAshes 

Mine should be here tomorrow

Originally Posted by atabea 

soooooooo... Anyone else received their XS30? Updates? Comments?