Subwoofer

[Mr. Krinkle]

I have these Bose bookshelf speakers, and they sound great but i need some more bass on my home stereo in the living room....im thinking about grabbing this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-PSW10-Powered-Subwoofer/dp/B0002KVQBA/ref=sr_1_3?_encoding=UTF8&c=ts&dchild=1&keywords=Home%2BAudio%2BSubwoofers&qid=1634271312&s=aht&sr=1-3&ts_id=172568&th=1#

anybody have some advice on this and think that'll work for me?


these are the Bose speakers that im using now:

Robot or human?

www.walmart.com

 

[dragonix]

How much you asking for them?

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

im not selling them lol

im looking to buy a subwoofer

cmon

 

[G_Chem]

I’ll give ya 20$.

-GC

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

looks like that thing has funky input options.

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

looks like that thing has funky input options.

it looks like it's kinda oldschool tho right? where you plug the speakers into it and then run wires to the stereo ?

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

the last time i bought a home subwoofer it was like 1989

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

i didn't have to plug in my old one...all i had to do was run the speaker wires to it - this thing ya gotta plug in?

 

[Fire&Water]

Its the way the internal amp (in the sub box) works to make the sub louder than the stereo volume

May just need a passive sub
(probably overkill)

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

Its the way the internal amp (in the sub box) works to make the sub louder than the stereo volume

May just need a passive sub
(probably overkill)

gotcha....ok...maybe i'll look around some more...thanks man

 

[Fire&Water]

Usually want a sub driver thats double the size of the mid/bass driver in your bose ...

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

Ok....got any recommendations? im all ears

 

[Fire&Water]

You can use a 6 - 8 in powered sub to make up the difference
Its usually for smaller out of sight reasons
But a good double sized sub almost always sounds more natural

Polks still good for decent price ...dont know if Boston acoustics is still in the game

 

[Fire&Water]

Velodine
Sunfire

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

it looks like it's kinda oldschool tho right? where you plug the speakers into it and then run wires to the stereo ?

modern integrated amps usually have a dedicated sub output that you run directly to the subwoofer. i’m not sure what it has stereo output for, but running your sub between your amp and speakers doesn’t seem right to me.

what amp are you using? maybe this subwoofer is designed for amps that do not have a sub output.

 

[Fire&Water]

Ehhh good point
If you don't have a sub out on your stereo
you can use the second stereo channels for the sub

 

[Fire&Water]

modern integrated amps usually have a dedicated sub output that you run directly to the subwoofer. i’m not sure what it has stereo output for

For using the stereo as the pre-amp
The crossover in the sub box seperates the highs /mids from the bass into stereo out

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

Ok....yea it's going into my receiver from my stereo

is that more for a TV? that's what it seems like

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

modern integrated amps usually have a dedicated sub output that you run directly to the subwoofer. i’m not sure what it has stereo output for, but running your sub between your amp and speakers doesn’t seem right to me.

what amp are you using? maybe this subwoofer is designed for amps that do not have a sub output.

i think you're onto it...

i have a Kenwood receiver