Monoprice Subwoofer Any Good ? (1 Viewer)

[ChuckyMan]

I'm looking to get a subwoofer. I do already have one, but it's a passive subwoofer, so I thought it would be easier to just get a new powered one. My question is...are monoprice subs any good ? I read through all the reviews, and out of all of them, there was only one bad review.

I don't need anything special. It's just for a surround setup that's in my small bedroom, around 10 by 12 or so. Just a normal small bedroom. I'm looking at this one...
See on Amazon

Just one last quick question. My receiver, a denon, has a subwoofer preout that labeled 1 and 2. The sub in question has a white and red two rca cable input. How would I connect the two ?

 

[JohnRice]

It'll be good, for what it is. Just remember it's a $90 subwoofer, so don't expect much from it. There are several steps to setting it up. You have to turn on the #1 sub output in the receiver's setup menu, then set crossover frequencies for all the speakers. Then you connect the Sub #1 coax output to either the Left or Right input sub. Then, you want to set the crossover (Freq) setting dial on the sub all the way up to the highest setting (150Hz), Finally you need to set the subwoofer's level. That part can be a bit confusing, since there are level controls both on the sub and in the receiver's setup menu.

 

[ChuckyMan]

It'll be good, for what it is. Just remember it's a $90 subwoofer, so don't expect much from it. There are several steps to setting it up. You have to turn on the #1 sub output in the receiver's setup menu, then set crossover frequencies for all the speakers. Then you connect the Sub #1 coax output to either the Left or Right input sub. Then, you want to set the crossover (Freq) setting dial on the sub all the way up to the highest setting (150Hz), Finally you need to set the subwoofer's level. That part can be a bit confusing, since there are level controls both on the sub and in the receiver's setup menu.

So I wouldn't need to use both
of my receiver's sub preouts ?

 

[JohnRice]

So I wouldn't need to use both
of my receiver's sub preouts ?

No. That would be for two subs.

 

[ChuckyMan]

another quick question. It would help a lot if I could use the subwoofer I already have. it's 130w. It's an Onkyo SKW-391. I was looking at this on amazon...

Facmogu ST-838 40W 2x20W Mini Digital Hi-Fi Power Amplifier​

It says 40w subwoofer. I wouldn't be able to use this, would I ?

 

[ChuckyMan]

There's this one I'm seriously considering.

Nobsound NS-03G Subwoofer Amplifier​

It says it's 100w. My subwoofer says 130w. Would this amp work ?

 

[JohnRice]

You can't have too MUCH power. You can have too little power, especially with a sub.