12 x 18 room, sony 12in powered sub. I am disappointed by the Bass response. I can hardly hear it. Is this normal or did my sub go bad?
1962244
Agree with others--probably just need to adjust your receiver settings or check your sub. My receiver and sub sound great in my room and even outside for gatherings.
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Bill, I doubt anything "went wrong", but the Yamaha may not deal with potential impedance differences between your main speakers and your sub. Luckily, Yamaha allows you to set up levels for each set of speakers (front, center, back, sub) from within the setup menus. Using the remote, do the following: setup -&gt; speaker -&gt; level -&gt; scroll down to "sub" and raise the level (default is flat (0db)) until you like how it sounds. hope this helps, gfd
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I have a 15 x 20 foot room w/ a Polk Audio PSW10 10-Inch Monitor Series Powered Subwoofer. Bass sounds great.
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Bill, I doubt anything "went wrong", but the Yamaha may not deal with potential impedance differences between your main speakers and your sub. Luckily, Yamaha allows you to set up levels for each set of speakers (front, center, back, sub) from within the setup menus. Using the remote, do the following:setup -> speaker -> level -> scroll down to "sub" and raise the level (default is flat (0db)) until you like how it sounds. hope this helps,gfd
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I had a SONY 10" subwoofer that I could not hear either. I now have an Acoustic Audio 10" sub with 300 watts power. I think more power is the key to hearing the sub in a large room. The AA has plenty of power for my 24' x 26' room... and then some. It was only $150.00+-.I think all the Sony subs might be under-powered.Acoustic Audio HD-SUB10-BLACK 10-Inch HD Series Front Firing Subwoofer (Black)It seems like they are sold out for now. But, it was so good that I bought another. No comparison in that price range. I had a SONY 10" subwoofer that I could not hear either. I now have an Acoustic Audio 10" sub with 300 watts power. I think more power is the key to hearing the sub in a large room. The AA has plenty of power for my 24' x 26' room... and then some. It was only $150.00+-.I think all the Sony subs might be under-powered.Acoustic Audio HD-SUB10-BLACK 10-Inch HD Series Front Firing Subwoofer (Black)It seems like they are sold out for now. But, it was so good that I bought another. No... » Read More I had a SONY 10" subwoofer that I could not hear either. I now have an Acoustic Audio 10" sub with 300 watts power. I think more power is the key to hearing the sub in a large room. The AA has plenty of power for my 24' x 26' room... and then some. It was only $150.00+-.I think all the Sony subs might be under-powered.Acoustic Audio HD-SUB10-BLACK 10-Inch HD Series Front Firing Subwoofer (Black)It seems like they are sold out for now. But, it was so good that I bought another. No comparison in that price range. « Show Less
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I believe it is down firing. I found that the subwoofer needs to be near the soundbar- I tried putting it behind my couch and it just sounded weird. I have it right below the TV and it sounds much better there.
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The Sub has a 450w max and 200w rms. You may have trouble with your sattalites. The sub has a really nice response. Takes alittle time to break in. also depends on where you put it, needs some room to breath...But you should be fine. Nice sounding..
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I have the same set, and the sub is under-powered compared to a lot of other speaker systems. However for me the bass is good with no problems, you might have received a damaged unit. The board and controls are "IN" the sub container, so they get hit by the air passing by. But I would contact Limitless Creations and see if they will replace it as a damaged unit.
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Mine is not comming from the sub. I've disconnected the sub and all the speakers 1 at a time and still have it. I did go into the Direct TV set-up and changed some audio settings and it is now at a lower voluume, but is still there. I thought maybe it was the Direct TV Receiver, but I disconnected it & still get have the hum running the receiver on fm stations.Thanks for the inputP.S. I have the Onkyo TX-SR705, not the 805.
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If you have a very large home theater then I would say great. This sub is a monster, I had a 4th of July party which turned into a block party and It never was turned up to full volume. I normally use it in my family room for Karaoke night but I have to turned the bass all the way down or it would be too much. I hope this gives you a general idea.
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R. Williams - Nope. I've run this sub-woofer for countless hours over the years...sometimes under "unusual" circumstances and often with very high demands...it has operated faultlessly. As I noted earlier, "it'll make you happy". It still brings me a solid "lower-end" sound (and feel, too.). I'm thinking that Matthew Robb's reply is right-on. An ill fitting cable can make for a weak ground. Feedback is another possible cause...NAH...not likely. Hope your annoying "super loud buzzing" is soon ended.abez2.
2076560
I hear mine great, I'd check your receiver settings to make sure the DB level is set properly across all channels (speakers)
527154
You push that sub to the limit now its busted or if you just got it new and its busted. Return it!
2017380
I have mine powered at 50w x4 and I would say the bass is fairly decent, it's punchy, but not very boomy. I definitely recommend backing these up with a small sub. Love the speakers, you won't find a better set for less than triple this price.
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Is the subwoofer working and correctly hooked up? If your still not getting sound try setting your main main speakers to small and the crossover to 80hz in the receiver speaker setup menu and subwoofer should say yes next to it. If your speakers are set to large subwoofer should say "plus" next to it on the menu.
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To be honnest they are really really shorts... I've a dual monitor with 1 27" and 1 21". One speaker on extreme left and the other one on extreme right. The sub is under my desk. Cords were not long enought and are proprietary plugs. It looks like PS/2 cable but the sound was awfull with a simple PS/2 cable. I finally cuted the cable of the left speaker and I added some lenght with an alarm cable like this one http://www.china-cablewires.com/images/products/2012031913334607979324w1000h1000uzjaomei/fire-alarm-cables-shielded.jpg But dont forget that you'll void warranty doing that. And another point, the sound is good BUT there's a constant background noise, so I'm not really happy with that...
413906
Just from my experience these subs don't work in a ported box. Maybe they just weren't working in my box but I ended up making a new sealed box and they beat pretty hard for 50 bucks a piece.
844609
Do you hear any sound or no sound at all from subwoofer? Check if accidentally you changed the mode to "Night Mode", in this mode there is very low sound from sub.
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Mine is open, so I can't comment on the sound quality from inside the cabinet. But this is an excellent sub
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The bass for this small sub, is actually rather powerful. Obviously, it depends on your set-up where you place your speakers. I have my two satellite speakers on each side of my monitor, with my subwoofer under my hard-wood computer desk. It's in the corner. The bass performance is great for movies, and excellent response with music. You can't go wrong with this system, I haven't had any problems with mine.And i'm sure you'd be able to connect to your TV, via adapter cable if nothing else.
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The bass is better than I expected for speakers this size. I turn off my sub and just use these for normal television viewing. I have to set the amp speaker settings to large when I watch TV for the bass. I set them for small when listening to movies with THX and set the crossover for 80 using the sub. I think you will be satisfied with the bass. I have a Pioneer SC-1523-K