I got the Half cocked head with a "our old one was over twice as good why'd we have to buy that" and left the room. (she's not actually mad or evil. Just disappointed after I built it up)
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Oh god please help.
I have one disgruntled wife looking at me with angry eyes on valentines day. She's a bass head and I promised the new subwoofer would give us louder and better bass.
I purchased a new svs pb2000 (tried for 2 but they were down to 1) It was replacing a klipsch sw112 that people posted was my weak link.
I put the svs in the exact location of the klipsch, settings on the back of the svs were volume 12:00, phase 0*, LPF set to off LFE. I have the receiver set at 120 hz xover as per SVS, speakers set to small, and 0db on the level with no dynamic bass or anything like that. The klipsch was set at exactly the same specs but the level was minus 3 db.
The SVS cone is moving like it should be loud but the bass is non existent, my towers in pure direct put out more than what the sub is doing right now.
Please tell me I have overlooked something simple, Or is it possible that I expected too much? Movies you can't even tell it's on even though its moving. I plan to phone svs in the morning but I thought someone might be able to point something dumb out so my wife will talk to me again
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I purchased a new svs pb2000 (tried for 2 but they were down to 1) It was replacing a klipsch sw112 that people posted was my weak link.
I put the svs in the exact location of the klipsch, settings on the back of the svs were volume 12:00, phase 0*, LPF set to off LFE. I have the receiver set at 120 hz xover as per SVS, speakers set to small, and 0db on the level with no dynamic bass or anything like that. The klipsch was set at exactly the same specs but the level was minus 3 db.
The SVS cone is moving like it should be loud but the bass is non existent, my towers in pure direct put out more than what the sub is doing right now.
Please tell me I have overlooked something simple, Or is it possible that I expected too much? Movies you can't even tell it's on even though its moving. I plan to phone svs in the morning but I thought someone might be able to point something dumb out so my wife will talk to me again
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The LPF on the sub should be all the way over.
All speakers should be set to small.
All speaker crossovers should be set to 80Hz.
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Subwoofer cable should be plugged into the LFE port.
Phase set to zero.
With these settings in place, with the subwoofer level set to +/-0dB, play AVR subwoofer channel pink noise through the subwoofer and turn the subwoofer gain up until you have a sound meter reading of 75dB at the (MLP) main listening position.
---the above are the basic settings---
Being a married man, I'd stick with that.
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---up dating---
In the AVR menu, the LFE channel should be set to LFE - 120Hz or if you will, on.
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All speakers should be set to small.
All speaker crossovers should be set to 80Hz.
---up dating as I post---
Subwoofer cable should be plugged into the LFE port.
Phase set to zero.
With these settings in place, with the subwoofer level set to +/-0dB, play AVR subwoofer channel pink noise through the subwoofer and turn the subwoofer gain up until you have a sound meter reading of 75dB at the (MLP) main listening position.
---the above are the basic settings---
Being a married man, I'd stick with that.
...
---up dating---
In the AVR menu, the LFE channel should be set to LFE - 120Hz or if you will, on.
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Thats exactly how everything is set minus the gain as I don't have an SPL meter. I just can't fathom why the svs would need to be +3 db on the level and more gain than the klipsh when it has less power and suppose to be not as good. It's not even close right now. Didn't really want to take the gain past 12:00 till after it's broke in nor did I expect to have to. Could be wrong though.
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Originally Posted by BeeMan458 /t/1517873/oh-god-please-help#post_24359428
The LPF on the sub should be all the way over.
All speakers should be set to small.
All speaker crossovers should be set to 80Hz.
---up dating as I post---
Subwoofer cable should be plugged into the LFE port.
Phase set to zero.
With these settings in place, play AVR, subwoofer channel pink noise and turn the subwoofer gain up until you have a sound meter reading of 75dB.
---the above are the basic settings---
Being a married man, I'd stick with that.
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---up dating---
In the AVR menu, the LFE channel should be set to LFE - 120Hz or on.
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Thats exactly how everything is set minus the gain as I don't have an SPL meter. I just can't fathom why the svs would need to be +3 db on the level and more gain than the klipsh when it has less power and suppose to be not as good. It's not even close right now. Didn't really want to take the gain past 12:00 till after it's broke in nor did I expect to have to. Could be wrong though.
Congratulations on your success. By the way, when that second subwoofer is up and running, you'll find out what it's life to have your room come alive with bass notes. It's like going from mono to 5.1. Quite the experience.
Again, congratulations.
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Congratulations on your success. By the way, when that second subwoofer is up and running, you'll find out what it's life to have your room come alive with bass notes. It's like going from mono to 5.1. Quite the experience.
Again, congratulations.
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Glad to see you got the issue resolved!
Your gonna love dual PB2000s. We ran ours a little hot last night during Enders Game and found some new rattles in the house
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Your gonna love dual PB2000s. We ran ours a little hot last night during Enders Game and found some new rattles in the house
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