Upgrade to Polk Audio Monitor Series PSW12

The low end PolkAudio subs have poor extension and impose their own colorations on sound.

I would look for a better quality sub. AV123 X-sub or a small HSU VTF or STF series sub.You will leave the lower end Polk subs in the proverbial dust.

Just to mention I had dual Polk PSW404 and 505 subs,and even trying as hard as I could they never disapeared,always called the attention! A Sunfire low cost D series mashes them in performance.

AV123,HSU and SVS you may spend more byt you have a far better sub in the end.

Just my two cents here.

I think the blending of a subwoofer has alot to do with the room and the overall settings. That being said, you'll certainly have more impact and boom...whether thats positive or negative is up to you and your neighbors.

Polk Audio isn't well known for their subwoofers, hey, you can't win them all. I think the low end D series Sunfire is a reach and lame considering the company lineage.

HSU, SVS and AV123 are all great suggestions. The Dayton series of subwoofers is also a nice choice and you can get some satisfaction by building it yourself. That's truly cool in my book.

Either way, good luck and let us know what you choose

Mark

Hey Kaiser, I have owned 2 polk subs...the psw303 and the psw250. The 250 crapped out for no reason and I just stopped using the 303 due to the constant noises it made and the fact that I had gotten a better Velodyne CHT10. I started out with the polks as my first subs...the psw250 I had gotten for free when I purchased some polk speakers and I got the psw303 soon after because it was better than the 250 and at the time thought I should stick with polk subs since I had polk speakers...after some time and doing research on this forum I became much smarter in the audio/video department.

Now I have been using a SVS pb12+2 as my main sub and have placed the Velodyne cht10 in my bedroom to use there...the polk is put away in the storage room. I do think that polk makes decent speakers depending on which series you get...I still use my Rti series polks that I have had for years. My advice to you would be to just avoid the polk subwoofers and you would be better off in the long run. From my experience with SVS...I don't think you can go wrong with them.

**ps**Dont beleive that stuff you might have heard about a smaller woofer being faster than a larger one...its not true.

Take care,
Brian

The cheapest SVS is the NSD-10 which runs about $429. However, they have some overstocks selling for $375.

If you the search the forum, there have been several threads. Off the top of my head here are some options:

BIC H100
AV123 X-sub
HSU STF-1

What are your room dimensions including ceiling height? If your room is large, then you may be better with the BIC H100. Craigsub will be running some tests this weekend, and may shed some light how these two subwoofers compare.

The x-sub should do fine in that room. Their finishes are beautiul and AV123's customer service is excellent.

From your posted pic I would suggest the B-C corner, or near field, for possible effect. You won't know for sure til you EQ, SPL, crawl test it. HTH

P.S

A b-stock sub might help you as well.

Where are the doors, openings to other areas?

I,m not sure if your pic is accurate... but if so, you will need to bring that left speaker up in line with the right speaker so that they would be the same distance from you and so that you can get good imaging etc...

About the sub...Partsexpress.com has subs you can order that you can put them together yourself and save money...they are pretty much put together already really...all you need is a screwdriver basically. I have not heard these subs myself but maybe someone here has and can let you know how they are...the brand of the subs are Dayton.

Take care,
Brian

I would say they should be the same hight etc.. I would also have them pointing straight and not angled down toward you...they will be more distracting or would call to much attention to them when pointing down at you...especially since they are only about 2ft. above your ears. Check out Dolby.com's speaker setup tips and try to get your speakers as close as you can to they're pic.

Take care,
Brian

Yea...I think that with most rap music the bass tends to be around the 40ish hz. If I were you I would look to get at least a 12in sub or larger.

Keep in mind that that is a ~ 3 dB power differential. Now you will also have to deal with the driver efficiency. A lot of will be influenced by the placement and room

No, what I'm saying that there are other factors involved. Just one factor cannot necessarily tell all.

No...it in no way would kill the sound...all you have to do is make sure you place the sub right and adjust the volume correctly on the sub to match the volume of the other speakers. I think a 8" sub would probably be too small for your room and would not fill it with enough bass...which in turn would'nt impress your friends...you said you wanted to be able to show them what your system could do, so...get a 12 or larger, you'd be happier.

Take care,
Brian