Defective 165W sub-woofer!?!?!? Anyone else having a problem with the sub-woofer. Mine says only 165W on the back instead of the 290 Watts that it is supposed to be. Even more important, the base plays super super low no matter what the adjustment on the sub or on the tuner. I can't say it doesn't work at all, but I have to stick my ear up to the sub and even then it is really quiet. Definitely not shaking the house. Did I get cheated and sent a defective 165 W sub-woofer??? Defective 165W sub-woofer!?!?!? Anyone else having a problem with the sub-woofer. Mine says only 165W on the back instead of the 290 Watts that it is supposed to be. Even more important, the base... » Read More Defective 165W sub-woofer!?!?!? Anyone else having a problem with the sub-woofer. Mine says only 165W on the back instead of the 290 Watts that it is supposed to be. Even more important, the base plays super super low no matter what the adjustment on the sub or on the tuner. I can't say it doesn't work at all, but I have to stick my ear up to the sub and even then it is really quiet. Definitely not shaking the house. Did I get cheated and sent a defective 165 W sub-woofer??? « Show Less
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Craig, thanks for your response. I asked a salesperson at an electronics store and he says that the 165W is probably referring to the power consumption not the total power and that would be typical for a 290W sub. What ate your settings showing in S. cal. and ind. speaker settings, if you don't mind sharing?
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Mine also says it is 165W, but the bass is massive. I've got the dial on the back only turned up about 25%. Maybe you got a bad connector cord? Did you use the calibration microphone? Good luck!
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tony,,i have the 5.1 kef kht 3005 speaker system,,on my sub that looks like a big m&m; there are a couple switches on the bottom,,one that has 3 choices for i think how much thump and also a switch that has mhz or i think i saw a 180 on one choice,,i'm at work so i'm not sure anyway my question is do you know what these switch should be on??? kevin
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I have and use an AR (Acoustic Research) sub-woofer and have had no problems. I use a separate off/on switch to turn on the sub-woofer, use it sparingly. Dave...
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I found my set to be very balanced in sound. In my old unit, the bass distorted at high volume. This unit appears to balance the bass with the other sounds. Could your unit be defective?
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Yes! I thought it was something in the old one going bad so I bought a new one and all was fine for a few weeks now it is doing the same thing. It doesn't seem to matter whether the power to the receiver is on or off. As long as the woofer is plugged in it will randomly start the feed back loop which can only be stopped by turning off the woofer. Sorry I don't have any answers.
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when i first turned mine on the sub wasnt even working , had to move the control knob for the bass level left and right, and literally push on it hard to get it to come on , have not had any problems since..
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my sub is starting to get weak for some reason. do you guys know if i can hook up a powered sub to this receiver? im not sure if i can since the sub this came with connects via regular speaker wires (black and red)
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Are you sure it isn't the subwoofer? It stays on all the time even when the system is turned off and produces a low level hum, constantly. That seems to be the norm for all the subs and the Onkyo receivers. I was surprised to walk into my media room and hear the hum coming from the sub and the system was turned off. Sub is always in stand by. Just a thought.
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Maybe you need some sort of pre amp for the turntable for it to run on your receiver, Shure used to make one but I haven't seen one in quite a while. Do you have access to any other receiver to see if it works ok...it may just be faulty. Without getting my hands on it is hard to say just what the issue is.
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Chris i have the same woofer. I have a planet audio 5000 watt class d on each one of mine.I think you have the amp turned up to high
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You havent given me much to go on, such as what kind of speakers you are connecting, what connections and cables you are using, etc. I have this same amp and it has worked flawlessly for me for well over a year. Plenty of volume, and lots of headroom. I typically run the amp at about 60% gain and then simply control the volume via the input signal. Double check all of your connections and your input source. I highly doubt the issue is with the amp.
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Probably worth buying a more advanced subwoofer.... Thought mine was but unfortunately my RCA connection to my subwoofer did not work so I tried connecting my subwoofer to my two front speakers. Don't know if that is the proper way but that thing is delivering a thumping bass
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Hmmm . . . the only thing I can think of then is that perhaps you have a defective unit. On mine, the low end is full and powerful, so much so that I've never felt the need for a sub (I'm using JBL L880's by the way). Curious--do you also notice this phenomenon with headphones?
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I have mine set at 60,0" phase and ~100hz on bypass and I've had no problems. What amp are you using to drive it? I listen to lots of heavy bass music and can easily drive myself out of the room if I crank my amp so the question is--? what do you want to do the heavy lifting. The amp or the sub?
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I had to "modify" the cable from the sub woofer output jack to slip on fittings on the speakers. It isn't a poweed sub but really sounds good. Can't remember if the speaker came with a cable but don't think so. Your stereo should have a cable for a sub. Hope this helps?
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Thanks for the update! I'll look into the BX-1021, did you have to use a special cable to connect it to the IM600? Altec told me last week that the sub-woofer for the VS-2421 would work as well. I'm little leary as they have given me bad advice before. My remote for the IM600 died back in March, it's taken me this long to get a replacement. They said it shipped, then said it was out of stock and would ship when they got them in (2 months ago), didn't ship, had to call (2 weeks ago) with still no remote, called again last week, hopefully it's on it's way. Not impressed with their CS.
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My experience is the opposite... too much solid, rich bass, so I keep the volume knob located on the subwoofer control panel turned down to about 15%. Surprising for such an inexpensive system. Assure your connections, assure the subwoofer volume is tuned up, try a different audio cable between your sound source and subwoofer, try a different sound source. If none of these things work, consider returning them for replacement.