Paradigm pdr 10 series set up suggestions

[dayglowred7]

Hello all , I have had this sub since around 1997 it a 100watt 10" rear ported design. Original instruction manual lost.

The cossover is 50hz to 150hz I have it set halfway , but not sure if thats the correct position for home cinema and music .

It does not drown my room in bass but does not exactly rattle it either.

I used my amp on auto calibrate set the sub controls to full , frequency and crossover and then let the amp sort it out .

Then turned the frequency and crossover down to the half way point .

Whether or not this is the correct way to set it up or not is what I want to know

Sub is connected via a 1m rca lead via LFE input .

It sounds ok with dvds not intruding too much at all , just underpinning the soundtrack nicely.

I really dont have anything with huge bass to test it with , apart from my rock music AC/DC and Killswitch Engage , Motorhead bluray.

Any help would be great thanks.

 

[f1only]

Hi dayglowred7
I had a Paradigm PDR-10 before my current B&W subwoofer.
In their day they were a good bit of kit.
For the best results I could get, I set the crossover on 120hz (remembering LFE has dedicated signal up to 120Hz) & the volume / gain half way, then run the amp set up. The amp usually set the volume too low for my liking so I turned the gain on the amp up rather than on the Sub by around 3-4db, this works well for me & the B&W is pretty much the same.

Best regards ...

 

[dayglowred7]

Thanks F1 only, seems I have tried a couple of set up routines , setting both the frequncey response and crossover point at halfway 100hz there abouts , so when I do this the sony amp sets it too loud .

I have set them both at full and the sony sets it too low so , thanks to your advice give this a shot .

I guess 120hz be around the 2 0'clock positon on the dial as theres only larger increments for reference , since 150hz is 4,o'clock not perfect but can't be that far out .

Cheers dayglowred7

 

[ric71]

If your receiver has sub cross over settings use these.
Take the subs cross over out of the equation by turning it to maximum or bypass. If it has a phase control set to 0. Turn the subs gain to approx 10 o'clock position.