ballenone Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 maybe you guys can hlp me . when im watching my movies and under intense bass scenes i keep hearing a real bad popping sounds.even as i turn it down i will still get the popping sound when aalot of bass is present. so my qustion is is it time to send it to klipsch and if so what would of caused this to happen...(lamens terms) now if somebody could also explain what is happing when i hear this sound that would be cool to (tech terms) ps hmmmm wonder if i should of bought a svs maybe klipsch cant take the pressure or the bass that is..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 I reckon you should contact the Klipsch technical department. The RSW12 is a very capable subwoofer. It shouldn't be doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 About a 2 years ago my RSW 12 would fire off a single drum beat aobut every minute when watching movies or listening to music. Turns out it was my A/VR, had it fixed works fine. Check your other components also. Xman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Where is the volume on the subwoofer set? What is the cutoff frequency set at on the receiver? Where is the receiver's gain for the subwoofer set at? Sounds like you are overdriving it causing the woofer to bottom out or the passive radiator to over excurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballenone Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 as far as volume on the sub its about half way ..... reciver is about +5 to +8 and as far as the cut off on the reciver i think its set at default 100 hertz ... if i need to change these settings please let me know...all i know is that it had never started to do this before and the settings have been the same maybe its the settings i hope.. either way because its been popping i guess the damage has been done dont the subs have some type of control to keep this from happing so somebody like me dosent screw it up in my quest for bass numbness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 ballenone, You need to turn down the gain on the subwoofer. You have your receiver set at +8 to use the automatic on feature, so the gain on the sub needs to be turned down to 9:00 or lower. If the bottoming out noise stops, too much gain was the problem. At +8 you are close to ten times the gain that 0 represents. I set my RSW-15 at +6 and the gain nob at 9:00 which is about 10 db hot once you correct for the sound meter error at low frequencies. At 10:00, the bass will shake the whole house. Bill PS: Frzninvt, thanks for asking the right questions. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballenone Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 should i use low pass or lfe and if low pass what would be the right freq to set it at sub and reciver(avr 525) i just hope i didnt ruin it already.. ill try your suggestion and let you know thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Every once in a while, I'll get a pop from my RSW12. If I turn it off then back on, it works fine. Only happens about once every couple months so I haven't worried about it. I use a y-adaptor and just figure the connection comes loose occasionally causing the pop. It's pretty loud when it happens and usually scares the crap out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Yep, back that gain way down to like +3, set the receiver's crossover point at 80Hz instead of 100Hz both of those will reduce the output some and clean it up. Use the LFE output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballenone Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 so any sub will pop under heavy bass scenes if to loud...?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Any sub will bottom out if driven too hard on loud explosions etc. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivadselim Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 ---------------- On 6/25/2005 12:14:04 PM ballenone wrote: dont the subs have some type of control to keep this from happing so somebody like me dosent screw it up in my quest for bass numbness ---------------- yeah, it's called restraint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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