My new sub not being loud enough

[soundright]

Hi
I just received my 150 watt energy sub today and hooked it up with my 2 channel 50 watt onkyo receiver. I don't know if it is because of the break-in period or something, my sub can't get very loud. I put every volume knob in the middle volume position and could barely feel the sound from the sub. I also wonder if it is because my amplifier doesn't have enough power to drive it but it is a pretty new receiver and is usually pretty efficient without requiring much power output. Thanks for your answer in advance.

 

[alexwakelin]

The break in period has nothing to do with loudness. Please tell us the model of your subwoofer and receiver and we will try to help.

 

[lsiberian]

Hi
I just received my 150 watt energy sub today and hooked it up with my 2 channel 50 watt onkyo receiver. I don't know if it is because of the break-in period or something, my sub can't get very loud. I put every volume knob in the middle volume position and could barely feel the sound from the sub. I also wonder if it is because my amplifier doesn't have enough power to drive it but it is a pretty new receiver and is usually pretty efficient without requiring much power output. Thanks for your answer in advance.

Do you have it hooked up correctly?

 

[alexwakelin]

Also, try to describe to us how you have it hooked up.

 

[mperfct]

I had my sub hooked into the wrong output...it was SO refreshing when I finally figured it out and actually hooked it up to the LFE jack.

 

[soundright]

my reply

Here is my subwoofer model. Energy ESW-8. My receiver Onkyo TX-8255.

I stripped the speaker wire myself using a scissor. Obviously i couldn't do a perfect job on those wires and I did cut some strands but not a lot. Do the strands have to do with the loudness? Also I hooked the wires up with the speaker B terminal of my receivers and my subwoofer since my receive does not have a separate channel for subwoofer. Hope these information can help. Thanks.

 

[croseiv]

Wire your sub to the same terminals as your mains (A). You will have to use your sub's volume control to adjust the loudness.