Sub Out to L/R Speaker
squeeb
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I have a 7.1 receiver going to my outdoor speakers. I have speaker wire running to the backyard and have 7 speakers connected. I have been looking at the Sub10 (stand alone) to compliment my existing speakers.
Here is my question. Can I somehow "convert" the .1 sub out to L/R speaker wire? Or, could I just connect the sub to the Left or Right channel and try and splice it into 2 channels by the Sub10.
Thanks for your help.
Here is my question. Can I somehow "convert" the .1 sub out to L/R speaker wire? Or, could I just connect the sub to the Left or Right channel and try and splice it into 2 channels by the Sub10.
Thanks for your help.
7.3 HT: Sunfire TGR-3, Sunfire Series II, Mirage OMD-28, OMD-5 (x4), REL T1 (2), T2, Oppo 103D, Optoma HD8200PRO, 106" screen, SB Touch
Family Room: Yamaha RX-V2700, RT25i, 42" Samsung, SB Duet
Pool: Yamaha V2700, SQ Duet, Atrium 60 (2), Atrium 45 (3), Atrium 65sdi
Family Room: Yamaha RX-V2700, RT25i, 42" Samsung, SB Duet
Pool: Yamaha V2700, SQ Duet, Atrium 60 (2), Atrium 45 (3), Atrium 65sdi
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Is the subwoofer powered or not? If you connect it to the L/R it will get amplified power....you don't want that.Receiver
Harman Kardon HK 3490
Speakers
Polk Audio Monitor 50s
Subwoofer
Klipsch KSW-100
Cables
AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m
Alienware X51 R2
PS4
Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D -
a little bit more info is required for me to direct you on this. do you have a 7 channel audio system in your backyard? or just a "zone 2"?
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PerfectCreature wrote: »Is the subwoofer powered or not? If you connect it to the L/R it will get amplified power....you don't want that.
The Sub10 is not a powered sub.yepimonfire wrote: »a little bit more info is required for me to direct you on this. do you have a 7 channel audio system in your backyard? or just a "zone 2"?
Yes, it is currently a 7 channel audio system in the backyard. I want to connect the Sub10 to the Sub Out (making it a 7.1). However, the sub out connection is a sub cable and the speaker has a L/R connection.7.3 HT: Sunfire TGR-3, Sunfire Series II, Mirage OMD-28, OMD-5 (x4), REL T1 (2), T2, Oppo 103D, Optoma HD8200PRO, 106" screen, SB Touch
Family Room: Yamaha RX-V2700, RT25i, 42" Samsung, SB Duet
Pool: Yamaha V2700, SQ Duet, Atrium 60 (2), Atrium 45 (3), Atrium 65sdi -
um the sub 10 is a powered subwoofer....... you can either run an extremly long RCA cable out of the sub out on your receiver or you can set the front speakers on the receiver to LARGE and then run a second set of speaker cables from the receiver into the sub and connect it to the high level inputs on your sub. why do you have a 7.1 system in your backyard and how do you keep it from being rained on?
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yepimonfire wrote: »um the sub 10 is a powered subwoofer....... you can either run an extremly long RCA cable out of the sub out on your receiver or you can set the front speakers on the receiver to LARGE and then run a second set of speaker cables from the receiver into the sub and connect it to the high level inputs on your sub. why do you have a 7.1 system in your backyard and how do you keep it from being rained on?
The atrium sub10 is not powered http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/atrium/sub10.php and has l/r connections not a "normal" sub connection. I have seven speakers in my very large backyard and have the receiver in stereo mode to produce good coverage.
They get rained on, snowed on, wind blown, the works. If you are interested in outdoor speakers, you should check out the Atrium line at Polk http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/atrium/index.php. Very good sound and have held up to the elements quite well.7.3 HT: Sunfire TGR-3, Sunfire Series II, Mirage OMD-28, OMD-5 (x4), REL T1 (2), T2, Oppo 103D, Optoma HD8200PRO, 106" screen, SB Touch
Family Room: Yamaha RX-V2700, RT25i, 42" Samsung, SB Duet
Pool: Yamaha V2700, SQ Duet, Atrium 60 (2), Atrium 45 (3), Atrium 65sdi -
well my mistake, what i am about to tell you is not normally recommended but if you have a decent receiver it will shut itself off if it is an issue, connect it in parallel to the left and right speaker outputs, set your receivers front speakers to LARGE, set the rest to small. if your interested in keeping the low end out of the front speakers, i can show you where to by an external passive x-over that is only 20 bucks. btw connecting the sub to the outputs in parallel will only drop the nominal impedance down to 4 ohms, which is generally ok for most receivers, you have a denon, those can put out what they claim and usually have good reserves, no need to worry about it not being able to hand the load. ive also connected multiple speakers to the same output before and never had an issue. the sensitivity of the driver in that sub is also 88dB, which is pretty close to the rest of the speakers so it shouldnt be an issue of not getting enough volume.
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or better yet just connect it to the "B" output and set the switch to have both A and B on. some receivers have seperate amps for the A/B, mine does at least.
oh and how come you only use stereo mode when you have 7 speakers? do you use this for watching movies or music? if its for music, might i suggest switching on Pro Logic IIx music mode. -
I suggest you get a 2 ch. amp Y the sub out of your AVR to input to the left and right inputs to the amp and connect the Sub10 to the amp per the manual.
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did you get this going? or do you need some help?
