alkemyst Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I recently picked up a new open box Cinema 800 for $399 to replace the kid's Yamaha YAS-209. I had ordered a Klipsch R-120SW which is not worth returning for the costs (they did credit me $35 bringing my total for it $250). Would this be a better sub than the included 10" sub, I would connect it via RCA? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkemyst Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 3:38 PM, wuzzzer said: Yes I know the R-120SW isn't a great sub, but since I am stuck with it it's good to know I can upgrade the Cinema 800 for my kids. I wanted a Samsung 9x0 setup, but when I found the Cinema 800 new open box for $399 shipped, it's a helluva deal. It's also only for a bedroom. If I could do it over, I'd order them the SPL-120 like I ended up with. I was shopping Amazon for subs and was "saving items" for later because of Prime Day coming up. Somehow I did a buy it now on the R-120SW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 6 hours ago, alkemyst said: I know the R-120SW isn't a great sub, but since I am stuck with it it's good to know I can upgrade the Cinema 800 for my kids. I wanted a Samsung 9x0 setup, but when I found the Cinema 800 new open box for $399 shipped, it's a helluva deal. It's also only for a bedroom. If I could do it over, I'd order them the SPL-120 like I ended up with. I was shopping Amazon for subs and was "saving items" for later because of Prime Day coming up. Somehow I did a buy it now on the R-120SW. You can actually use the included sub along with the R-120. The sub that comes with the soundbar connects via Bluetooth and you’d wire the R-120 to the soundbar’s RCA sub out as you stated. Might as well give it a shot. Hopefully they’ll play well together. You’ll probably have to mess around with the output levels on both subs and possibly the phase adjustment on the R-120 but if it were me I’d at least try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkemyst Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 13 hours ago, wuzzzer said: You can actually use the included sub along with the R-120. The sub that comes with the soundbar connects via Bluetooth and you’d wire the R-120 to the soundbar’s RCA sub out as you stated. Might as well give it a shot. Hopefully they’ll play well together. You’ll probably have to mess around with the output levels on both subs and possibly the phase adjustment on the R-120 but if it were me I’d at least try it. Thanks Wuz, the problem is there isn't enough room I think. I am going to set it up though and then figure out if we can add the surrounds (Klipsch 3's not sure if the 5's can work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 If you stack them on each other it’ll give an additional 6dB of output. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkemyst Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 Can you actually stack subs? If we can do that there will be room. I have REW and Umik-1 to test for phase / issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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