Official SVS Owners/Support Thread. - Page 196

Originally Posted by ransac

I have to dwell on this set up for a while. If you start your own thread, others can help out. You do have what appears to be an incorrect statement with 'From the receiver rear surrounds speaker wire goes into the high level of the sub than speaker wire from low level of sub that goes to my mythos' How did you use speaker wire from the low level outputs?

I tend to stay away from making sub recommendations as it will always start a lot of 'Get this instead, it's better or cheaper' posts.

Originally Posted by JAMES MCHUGHES

What I did was ran speaker wire from the rear surrounds connection on back of the receiver and they went to the high level of my SC2. Than ran another speaker wire from the low level of my subwoofer and connecting to my Mythos Gem. Sorry if that sounded a little confusing I almost confused my self trying to type it....lol. And this is what I did for both rear channels SC2 to each mythos which than calibrated them at fullband than changed the crossovers to 40 Hz. Other wise my Mythos were my weakest link in my system and they would always calibrate at 120 or 150 Hz

Originally Posted by ransac

The low level outputs are RCA connectors and should use coax cable, not speaker wire. I have an endless honey-do list to complete, so post this in your own thread and others can straighten this out with you. People with similar setups as yours should also chime in.

Originally Posted by pepar

This will depend entirely on your room and the placement of the subs. The AS-EQ1 is intended to integrate two (or three or four) subs into a room, or to correct one sub in a difficult room. An important feature that enables it to do that is that it can set two different sub distances.

I'm sure that it would improve your system. Whether you need it or not is sort of up to you. As you probably know, SV Sound has a 45-day return policy.

Jeff

Originally Posted by Juan

Well, just ordered my PB12-Plus and can't wait. Now to find something to fill the space my Samson 1000 and Art 351 EQ is taking up in the credenza with some other new toy.

Originally Posted by ferrari fan

Congrats on the PB12-Plus Juan. I've had mine for 3 weeks and love it. That extra space you want to fill ? How about an amp ? Specifically the
Emotive XPA-3. It will easily power your fronts and center, while your reciever can power the surrounds.

http://emotiva.com/xpa3.shtm

Originally Posted by vincent_y79

Thanks for the subwoofer tip between the PC and PB.

I just wasn't able to find an official SVS speaker thread there without going to specific models. I'll go and check it out there

Originally Posted by dunkman23

So my sub came in today. The low bass is definitely there. However the thump/ punch isnt there. My room is about 1700 cubic feet.
And Im using a Pioneer VSX-21txh, if it matters.

Is this sub just have the low bass? I can hear it throughout the house also. But I just cant feel it.

Any recommendations if I am doing something wrong?

o yea, and the subwoofer is in the left hand corner of the room.

Originally Posted by mojomike

Start by moving it out of the corner. It's sounds as though you are getting too much room gain emphasis of the deeper bass and it is overwhelming the mod-bass where the punch comes from.

Originally Posted by dunkman23

thanks how far away from the corner should it be?

also, is it better putting the sub at the corner? or at the front ?

Originally Posted by dunkman23

thanks how far away from the corner should it be?

also, is it better putting the sub at the corner? or at the front ?

Originally Posted by mojomike

All rooms are different and finding the best location for the sub is a system of trial-and-error. Also, you can try the crawl for bass technique. Place the sub at you seating area, then crawl around the room to find where the bass sounds best. Then put the sub in that spot where the bass sounded best, and voila, it should now sound very similar at your seating area. Sometimes you may also have to experiment with the crossover, the phase, and the levels. If all else fails, you then need to measure the frequency response and you might have to resort to EQ. Actually, almost all setups can benefit from bass EQ.

Originally Posted by mojomike

The most sophisticated low-priced EQ unit is the Behringer Feedback Destroyer Pro DSP 1124P. They sell new for under $100, but can be bought for less.

Originally Posted by mojomike

You can use an RCA-to-1/4" jack converter.

Originally Posted by dunkman23

ok thanks. Im assuming i need 2 of them. Receiver to EQ, EQ to Subwoofer.


I did some googling earlier. What are the XLR plugs people are talking about for the Behringers? do these work also? is the quality much better?
Im assuming its RCA to XLR?

Originally Posted by Juan

Man, this PB12-Plus is is one heavy beast, and looks bigger than I thought even though I measured. I thought it would be too big when I set it up, but my wife likes it better the the cylinder and thinks it is fine.

Originally Posted by TheFactor

Congrats your going to real enjoy it and yes they are big !

Originally Posted by mojomike

You can use an RCA-to-1/4" jack converter.

Originally Posted by JAMES MCHUGHES

I just bought a used PB12-NSD subwoofer but the guy forget to put the power cord in the box when shipped. Is there a certain power cord I need to use for my sub ?

Originally Posted by Nickff

I needed a longer power cord for my PB-12 Plus and this is what SVS recommended I purchase:

http://www.americord.com/catalogsear...1134&x=28&y=13

I bought a 15ft. one and have not had any issues whatsoever.

Originally Posted by JAMES MCHUGHES

Thanks Nick
Yes this looks like the same kind of cord im using but just shorter and is long enough.
I actually have mine plugged into my Panamax 5100 power and conditioner im assuming thats fine