 New vp150 today-not impressed
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Hooked up my new vp150 speaker today to my Yamaha RX-V3000 receiver, and I am actually disappointed. It seems like I have to increase the volume by 15db to get the same volume from my 8yr old polk CS300 center. I have the impedance set at 8 ohms and all speakers set at small. I read another post by a guy with the same receiver and swapped it out with a cheap radio shack amp and felt his axioms sounded better with the cheap amp. Could we both just be setting up outr receivers incorrecly? Any help or suggestions? I really want to feel that it's on my end and not the vp150.
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It is unlikely you hooked anything up wrong, unless your +/-wires are crossed from the receiver to the speaker. When you say 15dB, are you saying your cranking the main volume up that much more, or adjusting the center channel "level" control 15dB's higher than your old center? Where do you have the speaker positioned, it should be at ear level if possible, or at least pointing/angled towards the listeners. Hmmmm, not sure what else.
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Where do you have the sub positioned, it should be at ear level if possible, or at least pointing/angled towards the listeners. Hmmmm, not sure what else.
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The main receiver volume needs to be cranked up by 15db to match what I had existing. The speaker is on the top of the t.v. in the same location as the polk and the vp150 sounds so much weaker. The speaker polarity is also correct.
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Double check that all of the drivers are firing on the VP150. While it is not unusual (by any means!) for speakers to produce different levels of sound compared to one another, I suspect something else is going on.
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I have the impedance set at 8 ohms and all speakers set at small.
Isn’t the VP150v2 a 6 ohm impedance. It says it’s compatible with 8 ohm receivers but if you can set the impedance to 6 ohms it might sound better.
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Have you recalibrated all of your speakers with the addition of your vp150 so they are all at 75dB's? If you still are using the same settings within the receiver for distance/dB levels/etc... and have not recalibrated, this could be the issue. The vp150 is a 6ohm design, not sure about your prior center.
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Dean, you do not want to adjust the impedance switch on a receiver to 6ohm, as other speakers in the setup may be 8ohm.
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Have you recalibrated all of your speakers with the addition of your vp150 so they are all at 75dB's? If you still are using the same settings within the receiver for distance/dB levels/etc... and have not recalibrated, this could be the issue. The vp150 is a 6ohm design, not sure about your prior center.
Yes, I have recalibrated the other speakers because of such a volume difference. The rest of my polk system is 8 ohms. I have two QS8 on the way though. So I am not sure if I should switch the impedance on the back.
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