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Dual voice coil in-wall subwoofer hookup...
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| Topic: | Dual voice coil in-wall subwoofer hookup question This thread has 5 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Wednesday October 1, 2003 at 17:36 |
rdenatale Long Time Member |
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I just got a too good to pass up deal on an apparently unused Sonance PSWD-8 in-wall subwoofer, with no instructions.
This unit has a dual voice coil and a cross-over with L & R inputs and outputs.
For a home theater set-up, I'd think that it would be better to let the receiver do the subwoofer channel separation. Right?
So what's the best way to hook this thing up? Should I bypass the crossover or just ignore the outputs?
What's a reasonably priced amplifier to drive this? Would it be better to use a mono amp, and either parallel or serial connect the two voice coils, or use a stereo amp and split the sub-woofer pre-amp output from the receiver?
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| Post 2 made on Wednesday October 1, 2003 at 18:04 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
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When things are too good to be true... They usually are..... Unless your in a 8x8 room, and you only listen to Mariah carey, you'r going to be pretty dissapointed in the output of that sub... Even with a beefy amp
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| Post 3 made on Wednesday October 1, 2003 at 23:25 |
Ernie Bornn-Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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I used one once with bad results. A Zamp overdrove it! The problem was made worse because it was between two pieces of drywall -- there was no solid box to limit the woofer motion.
When I say overdrove, I mean the voice coil smacked into the magnet structure, adding unintended square waves to the bass. And it wasn't vey loud.
If you can mount a box behind it, and get dimensions from Sonance, it might be okay, but still might not play too loud.
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| Post 4 made on Thursday October 2, 2003 at 00:53 |
geraldb Long Time Member |
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Don't waste your time for theater application. Most in-wall subs are meant to compliment and help round-out in-wall speakers.
For theater, buy a real sub!
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| OP | Post 5 made on Thursday October 2, 2003 at 10:16 |
rdenatale Long Time Member |
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Well, this is to add to an in-wall speaker setup in what's more of a media room than a theater.
Are there any decent in-wall subs? What about the Niles PSW-8?
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| Post 6 made on Friday October 3, 2003 at 22:52 |
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On 10/02/03 10:16, rdenatale said...
Well, this is to add to an in-wall speaker setup
in what's more of a media room than a theater.
Are there any decent in-wall subs? What about
the Niles PSW-8? Very FEW. I would look at Triad. www.triadspeakers.com.
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