davisp3
October 31st, 2006, 7:07 AM
Unlike a lot of the posters on the forum, I'm pretty much an SW newbie. I just received my first ever sub yesterday, which happens to be the new VTF 3-HO without the turbo. It rounds out my 5.1 system comprised of the Denon AVR-2807 receiver, Polk Audio LC65i inwall speakers (Front and Rear) and the Polk Audio LSiC center. I set my system up last spring and have waited patiently for the subwoofer. First impression?...well, I'm very glad I waited! (It's kind of ironic that I went in-wall with all the speakers to avoid the clutter, but then purchased this behemoth!)
Anyhow, as I said I'm a newbie. I had an hour or so to get it operating last night...and as luck would have it, I have to go out of town for a week, so I was hoping to get some "fine tuning" tips and other advice from the more seasoned SW-philes. I've positioned the sub in a corner of my room and haven't changed any of the settings (other than the volume). One of the ports is plugged, crossover is set to 90, phase is set to 0, and I have changed all of the speaker settings to small through my receiver.
Some of the general questions I have: Whether to keep the port plugged or unplugged? If I unplug it, should I adjust any of the other settings?
Should the side-mounted woofer face the wall or face the room? Does it matter? Can the woofer face the side of a leather sofa?
My floor is carpeted...should the rubber feet be removed and the unit set directly on the carpet?
Obviously, I had very little time with it last night, but it limited testing I found out that I had a lot of "rattles" and "vibrations" in the house that I'll need to somehow dampen. One issue in particular is that one of the main walls that I have positioned the sub on has a 4-window "picture window" in close proximity. You can hear the springs in the storm windows rattling on the really low base. Any tips here?
I'll be checking in and out until I can get back home and work with it some more, but I as well as other newbies would really appreciate any input the experts could provide. Like I said, I'm really new at this, so any and all recommendations/assistance is really appreciated. I'll let you know how things go. Thanks.
Anyhow, as I said I'm a newbie. I had an hour or so to get it operating last night...and as luck would have it, I have to go out of town for a week, so I was hoping to get some "fine tuning" tips and other advice from the more seasoned SW-philes. I've positioned the sub in a corner of my room and haven't changed any of the settings (other than the volume). One of the ports is plugged, crossover is set to 90, phase is set to 0, and I have changed all of the speaker settings to small through my receiver.
Some of the general questions I have: Whether to keep the port plugged or unplugged? If I unplug it, should I adjust any of the other settings?
Should the side-mounted woofer face the wall or face the room? Does it matter? Can the woofer face the side of a leather sofa?
My floor is carpeted...should the rubber feet be removed and the unit set directly on the carpet?
Obviously, I had very little time with it last night, but it limited testing I found out that I had a lot of "rattles" and "vibrations" in the house that I'll need to somehow dampen. One issue in particular is that one of the main walls that I have positioned the sub on has a 4-window "picture window" in close proximity. You can hear the springs in the storm windows rattling on the really low base. Any tips here?
I'll be checking in and out until I can get back home and work with it some more, but I as well as other newbies would really appreciate any input the experts could provide. Like I said, I'm really new at this, so any and all recommendations/assistance is really appreciated. I'll let you know how things go. Thanks.