recoveryone
02-09-2013, 08:41 AM
The upgrade bug has bitten again, as I have replace the passive sub in my daughters room with a Polk Audio PSW 10. This was my growing upstairs media retreat until she came back home from college (another long story). But I have ignored this little setup long enough and need to really put some effort into the wiring and placement of all the speakers. The setup consist of older gear I have had over the years, but still sound great in a room that is only 10X12. The setup is:
Vizio 32" 1080p Smart TV (unknown model #)
Pioneer VSX 510 AVR
Pioneer BDP 120
Pioneer PD M (something dual six disk changer)
Squeezebox Classic 3
PS2
Xbox
Wii
Speakers:
Polk Audio Center CSR
Optimus LX5 fronts
Pioneer HTB rears (tiny)
Polk Audio PSW 10 Sub
Adding the powered sub over the passive one make a big differnce in how the LX5's sounded. The LX5's came to life like the ones in my bedroom setup, I guess the passive sub was robbing them of their full sound. or it could have been not enough power to push it all from the VSX 510. The Polk center has been the mainstay, but sounds much better with the LX5's being more supportive. The Polk PSW 10 is a entry level sub and early model from Polk the controls are not very detailed and only has a range of 60Hz to 100Hz, but the specs say it can go as low as 30Hz????. The Power of the sub states 100 watts, but I would say more like 50-70, I have other powerd subs in my home that are 100 watts and I do not have to turn up the level as high as I do on this Polk. I have been thinking of replacing the LX5's with some Polk T15's just for the heck of it so it all would match, but its hard to put away those LX5's unless I start to replace the X77's in the 7.1 system downstaris hmmmmm. The upgrade bug seem to bite the hardest around the begining of each new year, so we will see.
Vizio 32" 1080p Smart TV (unknown model #)
Pioneer VSX 510 AVR
Pioneer BDP 120
Pioneer PD M (something dual six disk changer)
Squeezebox Classic 3
PS2
Xbox
Wii
Speakers:
Polk Audio Center CSR
Optimus LX5 fronts
Pioneer HTB rears (tiny)
Polk Audio PSW 10 Sub
Adding the powered sub over the passive one make a big differnce in how the LX5's sounded. The LX5's came to life like the ones in my bedroom setup, I guess the passive sub was robbing them of their full sound. or it could have been not enough power to push it all from the VSX 510. The Polk center has been the mainstay, but sounds much better with the LX5's being more supportive. The Polk PSW 10 is a entry level sub and early model from Polk the controls are not very detailed and only has a range of 60Hz to 100Hz, but the specs say it can go as low as 30Hz????. The Power of the sub states 100 watts, but I would say more like 50-70, I have other powerd subs in my home that are 100 watts and I do not have to turn up the level as high as I do on this Polk. I have been thinking of replacing the LX5's with some Polk T15's just for the heck of it so it all would match, but its hard to put away those LX5's unless I start to replace the X77's in the 7.1 system downstaris hmmmmm. The upgrade bug seem to bite the hardest around the begining of each new year, so we will see.