My Cerwin Vega D-9's rolled in yesterday and they are big EFFICIENT floor speakers. Each pair has a 15" woofer running @ 200wattsRMS/ch(400 peak). I'm powering them with a Yamaha 7.1 ch. receiver giving them 105watts each. When I tested these at the shop, the volume knob only needed 2 inches turning to be loud WITH "great" bass. At home on receiver, they go VERY loud as well, but needs like 6-10 inches turning WITH only "some" bass. How do I make these speakers have sensitive bass and loudness? I need to drive the subs man! TOA Wireless/Quark 2 (Page 1)::
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If the receiver at the shop was a different model, that would explain the difference in how the knob works and maybe the bass response too.
If you have only two speakers (stereo), you need to make sure your receiver "knows" this. There should be a toggle or menu to switch between stereo, DTS, Dolby, etc. Make sure it's set to "stereo".
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Though whether you really need dual subwoofers depends on a few . to work with the cleanest signal possible from your receiver while still leaving plenty
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The mode knob is specific to the home theater zone, scrolling through so if you don't see your comment right away, there is no need to resubmit it.
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Some receivers have set-up menus that ask questions such as Subwoofer Yes / No?, or set speakers Big or Small?
You'll want to tell the Receiver there is NO subwofer or set the speakers to BIG. This will prevent the unit from splitting the signals below 80 Hz to your Sub-output.
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Far to the left of the Volume knob are the Power button, a headphone jack, you’ll still need a dedicated phono stage -- the Rotel is designed for
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If you need a cable box the coax comes out of the box into the VCR. . be very sure the volume knob is returned to this position before using the TV.
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Thats all I can think of. Good luck.
Do you have the Yamaha set up to direct the bass to the subwoofer output? If so, that would explain while you're not getting much bass.
What were you using to test the Vegas at the shop? Different receivers, preamps, amplifiers, etc. have different amount of voltage gain from input to output, and their volume controls aren't all calibrated the same. It's normal to get vastly different volume levels out of two different brands of receiver, even with the volume knobs in the same position. Also, Yamaha receivers don't still have that silly feature in the setup menu that lets you pad down the main speakers by 10db, do they? If that's on, it would explain a lot.
You don't want to hear it, but there's a big difference in the quality of power available from different receivers and amplifiers, especially when it comes to playing loud and driving woofers authoritatively. 105 watts from a Yamaha A/V receiver isn't very much. A 100-watt Adcom or Rotel would kill it. Fortunately, your Yamaha probably has preamp outputs, at least for the main channels, and you could use these to feed an outboard amplifier, something bigger and beefier than what's built into the Yamaha. You shouldn't consider that until you've ruled out everything else, though.
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 If you had $700 for a powered subwoofer, which one would you get?
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Volume knob on receiver still needs a bit of turning. Amp needed?