I have the older model Bose acousticmass 5 II home theater system and I have never gotten the subwoofer to actually put out much sound. You almost have to put your ear in the hole to hear it. I have never hooked up an amp or anything. When I use my receiver to set surrpound sound up it is saying that I dont even have a subwoofer hooked up and when I run a tone test it does not play any sound at all.
Chewi5,
There is a saying in the audio industry I've come accustomed to hearing -
"No high's, no lows, it must be Bose" Anyway that is just a reference to the flat sounding nature of Bose in general and some people like the accuracy Bose is trying to deliver. I believe your problem is not related to this heavily opinionated statement. The fact that you have a very low sound coming from the sub is an indication that the RCA cables may be hooked up to an input rather than an output. I know this from my own experience and, if this is your problem you are in luck. Just find the proper output and the problem is fixed. The test tones and message also reinforce my main theory. However if this is not solved by my first suggestion you may have to start checking your audio cables for continuity. A bad ground (or even out of phase preamp signals) on an RCA cable can also produce similar symptoms. Let me know if none of this helped and I will try suggesting something more in depth & technical.
-Dynami
194 views
Usually answered in minutes!
×