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My living room / HT area is a small open floor to the kitchen and front door.

Speaker set up:
FL / FR: Monitor 70's
C: Monitor 25c
Surround: Jamo s426 towers
Surround/back: Energy EF-500 towers (same as Jamo's)
Sub: RW-12D
AVR: Pioneer SC-1222

I ran MCACC 6 times with different sub volume settings, and I found -20 dBs gave me +.05 dB's. That was the closest I got to 0 dB's. So, I left it there. Thereafter, I followed the directions from this PDF file https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcvouknssbseg0m/MCACC_SUB_EQ_1_3.pdf.

After doing all the settings from that PDF file, I settle with the following settings: SW: Plus, Fronts: Large, Surround: small, Surround back: small, xover: 80 hz. SW Trim dB @ +3.5, and increased the EQ for the Front speakers +3 db at 63hz, +2 at 125hz, and +1 at 250hz.

Within the subs setting: Phase 0, Depth, 120hz, volume at -20. I increase the volume to -15 dBs after per instructions of the PDF file.

This so far has giving me the best bass for my set up and room. Bass is strong and smooth, but not strong and overwhelming as it used to when I had the sub set at Punch.

Note: I also ran all of my speakers in Small, and Sub set to Yes, xover to 80hz. The base was good, but it was better with my Monitor 70's set to large to assist my sub with the bass. Like I've said before the explosions sound excellent strong and smooth.
Edited by GusGus748s - 3/20/13 at 3:09pm

Gotcha... Next time I'll set it to -20db.

I kinda like the level on the bass though. 8^)

I was just trying to explain why you got -10 twice. You can set it however you like.

Don't get me wrong ...I appreciate your help! I definitely plan on trying it out...but do reserve the option to tweak it up by ear.

He's just trying to steer you in the right direction as to how to setup your sub. You're on your way even if you haven't figured out why. Of course you can run it hot if you want, many do.

Three weeks since receiving the two RW-12D subs. Still very happy with my purchase.

Something I've been playing with recently is the distance setting on my AVR for the subs. I've been playing some music with nice deep punchy bass drum. I then made large changes by decreasing and increase the distance setting by a few feet on the subs. I can hear and feel the bass getting kind of mushy/lazy or sharp/punchy. Changing the distance seems to make a big difference.

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I agree. I have mine set to +5 and have not seen anyone else that has theirs set that high. I'm wondering what is wrong with me or my equipment.

these are the best bang for buck subs out there !!

i have purchase 6 of these over the past few years

my uncles theaters system i built i ended up putting in 2 rw12's in place of his 10" velodyne spl after he blew it,

purhased 2 for these for half the priceof the spl1o velodyne and has a lot more bass to it, "but not as low"

i purchased 2 for my bowers and wilkins system

and my sister theater room has 2 of these also,

Curious if that's with one or two rca plugs? I think it was Bill F that advised that you get a little more gain by using both L/R inputs, even with a splitter. I can't imagine using +5 though (I never even got to zero, wasn't sure there was a "+" setting), I vary mine with source from about -16 to -18 generally (but that's using a very old and simple 5.1 avr with no room correction software and just the large/small settings for crossover (no actual bass eq/management otherwise)

You're changing when the sound arrives and how it works with your speakers...

You should do that with frequency sweeps, otherwise you'll just exchange one null for another. There will be a sweet spot.

Obviously, it's easier with an SPL meter or, of course, REW, but you can't do any harm by experimenting by ear.

I used the receivers YPAO mic to get me in the ballpark and the rest I'm doing myself. That's part of the fun for me. I'd rather tune the system myself and to my own taste.

Yes I know, that's why I'm doing it.

Excellent. Have fun!

Just don't knock out the port.

Maybe that's the issue. I'm using the high level inputs and not the RCAs. My signal isn't coming from a receiver. It's coming straight out of an old subwoofer that is part of hometheater in a box system. When I say straight out of the subwoofer, I mean the wires that were attached to the speaker inside the woofer box. I know it's ganky but it works until I have cash.

Trust me, I won't LOL.

I do still enjoy well recorded music, but when I came to realize that the vast majority of the stuff I'm listening to is tweaked to suit the masses. It seems pointless to build a super accurate system.

Are there better subs then the RW-12D , I'm positive there are. I'm I going to make my RW-12Ds sounds like a $5000 pair of subs? Nope!

You might find "better" stuff here:

https://www.hdtracks.com/

And Leo's demo disc has a music section that you can download separately:

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Crank it up!

Just discovered my CD of the Blade Runner Soundtrack by Vangelis contains LFE, Nice!

Bet that sounds great. Excellent movie.

Got my sub today..The other box wasn't to beat up and the inner box either but the port tube was loose. I just put in place using my hand and it seems to be holding well. As far as the sub goes is massive and it sounds great I haven't even tune it yet. What are some settings you guys are using?

What others use won't necessarily help you. Run the auto setup feature of your avr would be a good start.

Thanks just did that.. I'll do some movie and music test and let you know how I feel about the sub.

I got mine over the weekend and it came with a loose port tube also. This thing absolutely kills my previous Onkyo htib sub, not that it's hard to do but still impressive. I have a very large open layout, and I spent the first 30 minutes of listening to it fixing rattling clocks and picture frames around the house. Loving it so far.

I have a question I connected the sub to the left channel as stated in the manual. When I play a 2 channel cd I'm not getting sound from the sub do I need a Y adapter or what connection do I need to do to able to hear the sub on a 2 channel source. Thanks

The other input may affect the gain, but you could increase that in another way. Are you getting absolutely nothing out of the sub with 2 ch source? What sound mode on your AVR are you using? What avr is it?

Yi. Thats a setting in your avr.

The AVR is a Pioneer VSX-53..Mode is stereo.

And you're getting nothing out of the sub at all? It's silent? How do you have your player connected to the avr? I don't remember having to do anything particular with my Pioneer to enable the sub in stereo.....does the SW light on the panel not come on either in stereo mode?

Are your main fronts set to "small"?

Thanks Freddy that was it, everything working perfect now.
Edited by endy0430 - 3/26/13 at 9:57am

Look at the owners manuals audio setup section.