Ahh I see vid1900 is a slickdealer. This is definitely a good deal and also has dual inputs like the PSW10 so it can cover 2 games.
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Anybody else use this sub with their pins?
I previously had my Met hooked up to a PSW10 via cabinet speaker wires to hi level inputs and it sounded great. Then hooked it up to this 12" monoprice sub's hi level inputs and it did not get very loud at all even at the loudest sub setting. I soldered an RCA plug to the speaker wires and plugged it in to the sub's line in RCA and it sounds great now and gets plenty loud. I just find it odd that the PSW10 speaker level inputs work fine on Met but the 12" monoprice sub needs them connected to the low level inputs.
Quoted from sbjmg:Thanks for asking the question, I thought my sub was defective from mono. I will try the RCA trick you mention. Wonder why that is?
I have no idea, very weird that the speaker level inputs are unusable. You would need very loud volume on your speakers to use them, and then the pin would be way too loud.
1 year later
Quoted from Monk:I got mine today and it turns on, but it doesn’t do much if anything. I can hear a slight sound of bass when it is turned all the way up, but the cabinet speakers are way louder.
I had to use the below fix, although it was a slight pain that it didn't work as intended out of the box it now sounds great.
Quoted from snakesnsparklers:Anybody else use this sub with their pins?
I previously had my Met hooked up to a PSW10 via cabinet speaker wires to hi level inputs and it sounded great. Then hooked it up to this 12" monoprice sub's hi level inputs and it did not get very loud at all even at the loudest sub setting. I soldered an RCA plug to the speaker wires and plugged it in to the sub's line in RCA and it sounds great now and gets plenty loud. I just find it odd that the PSW10 speaker level inputs work fine on Met but the 12" monoprice sub needs them connected to the low level inputs.
Quoted from Monk:So you solder both speaker wires to one rca cable? Either the red or white rca cable? I guess that makes sense.
Correct
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Quoted from boustrophedonic:This seems potentially risky to me... in general the (-) output of an audio power amp is not necessarily a ground point, whereas the shield of an RCA cable is often assumed to be ground. If it were me, I'd try something like this instead (with a transformer inside):
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It's not risky and a transformer is unnecessary.
Quoted from boustrophedonic:A typical WPC or Stern game uses ground as the reference for the PA, so you're right that there's no issue if you use a single wire & a single sub. But it's not a requirement that the sound board ground the black wire, so other designs could potentially do other things. Also, I've personally messed this up before putting 2 machines on the same sub without watching the polarity and you can get some weird stuff like one game drawing power from the other (my MMR screen turned on even with the power off). These are expensive toys & it seems reasonable to be cautious.
Ok yes I agree now, I am only using this hooked up to one pin but you have a valid point when doubling up on the inputs.
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