RodC
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2001
- Messages
- 60
Hi all, The wife had me moving some furniture around, completely changing the layout of the room used for my HT gear. Needless to say, I wasn't surprised when I noticed that the bass all of a sudden seemed 'flat.' One of these days, Iknew I was going to have to get around to recalibrating...*sigh*. Today, my son approached me and asked me to demonstrate some bass with a dubstep mix he had....not my cup of tea, but ok. Besides, it would tie into my need to 'fix' my bass issues, and give me a chance to stretch my subs legs. I uncovered more than I had hoped to find. Seems I have no bass coming out of my subwoofer...AT ALL?!?! I'm using an Onkyo TXDS-696 AVR driving my fronts and surrounds directly, with sub line-out feeding a parts express plate amp ( model # 300-794, I think, about ten years old) driving an SVS 20-39CS sub. Things I've tried: Using the AVR generated calibration tones, I hear nothing coming from the sub, all the other channels are fine. Using AVIA generated tones, still, nothing, again, the other channels are fine. The AVR has a sub defined and when increasing the db to the sub, nothing happens. I've checked, and rechecked all my connections, even going so far as to take apart the box that houses the plate amp, to ensure nothing got disconnected inside. What I have noticed, is that the plate amp light turns green from red when it is sent a signal, so it appears, that the AVR is sending the signal to the amp, but what happens from there is the question. Since I've set all this up years ago, I'm sure I've forgotten much of what I've learned from this fine community. So here I am looking for advise on how to troubleshoot further. Any suggestions on what I might be missing, or how I can effectively determine how that amp is handling the signal would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Rod