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I am not too familiar with what will cause a crackling noise. However, I know that it sounds like you might be picking up noise through the signal cables. Do you have the RCA's ran on the opposite side of the power wiring? Do you have a clean ground (no poly coating on the metal)? Another possibility...

When the subwoofer is getting base at low volumes I here a low crackling type of noise. But when there is alot of bass it sounds normal so you cant notice this noise. I am sure it is the subwoofer and has nothing to do with reciever, speakers or setup because when I turn off the reciever and turn on...

Hello all, I have a few questions regarding home theater subwoofer replacement. Recently, my 10 year old Klipsch KSW150 powered subwoofer finally quit for good. It started by making loud popping noises during high action sequences with movies. This progressed to the point that it finally got to the...

HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO SET THE PHASE CONTROL TO ON MY SUBWOOFER? ALSO WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE? RIGHT NOW I HAVE THE PHASE SET TO 0 AND THE SUB SET TO 80 HZ. THE PHASE CONTROL GOES FROM 0 TO 180.

Hi, Does the DG910 allow for adjusting the subwoofer crossover frequency from 80Hz? I'd like to set mine at 120Hz... Thanks!

How many channels does your receiver have? If it has a subwoofer output, than chances are the speakers will never put out as much bass as they would have on a older 2 channel setup. However, if your reciever does have a subwoofer output than all you need to do is buy a powered sub and you'll have...

Cruthcield is doing its customers a dis-service by selling Thiel subwoofers for ~$5,000, when the JL Audio Fathom F113 can deliver much more output than two (2) of the $5,000 Theil subs. The F113 will go deeper and louder than $10,000 worth of Theil subwoofers. For ~$3,400 the F113 is not only a much...

I'm building a budget home theatre subwoofer, and I have a question about impedance. Let's say I have an 8ohm 250watt rms amplifier, and a 400watt rms dual voice coil 4ohm subwoofer. Now I know I can wire the subwoofer in 8ohm, but how would that effect it's power handling? I'm trying not to over power...

I checked the information we still have on the Infinity BU-2, and they recommend (which I support) using a Y adapter to split the signal coming out of the receiver for the two RCA inputs on the subwoofer. If you do not have a subwoofer cable, then you can get a subwoofer cable and Y adapter package ...

Opening Boxes I packed over 6 years ago.... Finshed off a room in the basement, might as well set up home theatre. I have an older Bose Acoustimass 7 planning to use for LR &C speakers and subwoofer, and also have an older Acoustimass 5, Series II - Can I use this for the rear L&R speakers...

Some tracks just aren't mixed well and that leads to the "mushy" bass. My favorite track is the Jet scene from "behind enemy lines"

In that case I am left without too much to go on off the top of my head. I know your gear is good... I think I'll look into this topic a bit more today and see if I can come up with anything remotely useful for you to try.

I did some more research on this and can only think that this might be a matter of the tuning. I was pretty sure you had all of your gear tuned but maybe your sub is experiencing a flatspot in the frequency range [where I'm not sure yet]. Do you have a SPL meter to try and help trouble shoot? ...

Assuming closer to your $200.00 total for a pair of speakers: From Infinity you could look into something like their Primus P162's A very nice speaker with a good sized midrange speaker and a nice frequency range Looking at the higher end of your $400.00 budget for the speakers [not a direct comparison...

Rgr dodger... I had an old Sony Reciever that did the same thing. I forgot the model number of the unit, but it was pre-Subwoofer line out stuff. I believe I had to change a setting on the reciever from Stereo to Surround sound to activate the sub channel. Without looking into this in great detail...

How big is the room and what is your budget? The subwoofer is probably (IMO) one of the most critical pieces to any H/T puzzle. If you want to look around for yourself keep these factors in mind: 1) Frequency range should be from the low 20's [Hz] to 80 or 120 [Hz] That is typically the cut...

I checked acpintar's first post found that his room is 14x10, his receiver is an Onkyo 605, and his speakers are RB-10 fromKlipsch. He may have switched out his rears for the surround version of the RB-10, the RS-10. BTW, nice looking speakers, acpintar. Klipsch does make a companion subwoofer, the RW...

There is nothing wrong with what you are proposing. The fronts, centers and rears are the speakers you want to try and match up the most. But the sub can be different without worry. Good luck!

Thank you so much for the answer. This is great. During my research I saw that the Infinity was not video protected. How from the tv does this need to be to not matter? The subwoofer will be sitting in the corner and the 58 inch plasma is hung on the wall diagonally about 64 inches away (distance to...

Can I mix the Infinity PS212 with my Polk speakers (LC2651 left and right, LC651 middle and TC620I in back? The room is 15x15 but it only has walls on three sides and then is open to the rest of a 1300sq ft basement. Would you recommend anything else? For the price and customer rankings the Infinity...

Jim12385: My ears are not those of an audiophile, but I have some clue as to good sounding versus packaged systems. I am always skeptical of these types of package deals, but the CNet.com review is favorable as are the customer review ratings. Instead of buying a kit, I prefer to purchase individual...

Hi - Could you please let me know if its possible to connect Sony SS-WS72 sub woofer (part of Sony DAV-HDX500 system) to Pioneer VSX-D411 receiver? Receiver has an RCA type output for sub woofer but unfortunately the sub I bought on Ebay is not a powered one and has level inputs (+ & -). I bought...

This sounds like noise picked up by the subwoofer amp. You should be able to turn down the gain (not the frequency knob) just a bit more to get rid of the noise or at least quite it down to a level that isn't audiable. TSS-800 This is the speaker set you have correct? [I'm very sure it is, but wanted...

My house was pre wired for surround sound by a company that's been in business for less than 5 years. I called the company to complain because I paid to have them install a subwoofer cable for a sub, which I have not bought yet, however, instead they installed a regular coaxial cable. In other words...

JerSully: srothfuss: I'm like 34 dollars over budget... not too bad for a RTi setup. More like $684. The RTi A7 are $550 each, not in pairs. Love those speakers though. I was refering to the RTi A1's. I knew the A7's would blow the budget... But they are so nice. The plan is good. I think...