Bi-Wiring + Subwoofer Setup

Clerik1

Hey everyone,

I just bought a subwoofer (PSW10) to complement my current loudspeaker setup (Monitor 70's). I currently have the Monitor 70's bi-wired into my receiver (Yamaha RX-V765). Which set of wires should I pass through the speaker input terminals on the sub? Will this affect my current bi-wiring setup?

Thanks in advance for the help.

mole'

i used one of these before i got my AQ cables.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10236

welcome to CP!

EDIT

just looked at the back of that sub. your planning on using normal speaker wire right?

Clerik1

Thank you for the speedy response mole'

I have a sub cable sitting around somewhere, but from the looks of it the PSW10 doesn't have a coax port on the back.



I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to run speaker wire to this. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit1:
I will be using 14AWG shielded speaker wire to hook everything up.

mole'

i wonder if you could use the sub out on the back of your AVR to the cable to one of these?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10236&cs_id=1023603&p_id=6261&seq=1&format=2

treitz3

Hello, just remove the lower set of wires on the monitors and connect them straight into the sub. Then run the sub speaker level out into the lower binding post of the monitors. Sit back and enjoy.

Clerik1

I'll definitely look into an adapter cable. The sub is going to be ~50' away from the receiver, so I am either going to need a very long Male Coax -> Male RCA or my current sub cable and a shorter Fem-Coax -> Male RCA.

Edit: Thank you treitz3, I will probably try this before anything else.

mole'

Clerik1 wrote: »

I'll definitely look into an adapter cable. The sub is going to be ~50' away from the receiver, so I am either going to need a very long Male Coax -> Male RCA or my current sub cable and a shorter Fem-Coax -> Male RCA.

Edit: Thank you treitz3, I will probably try this before anything else.

if you go this way, its not that bad $ wise

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10236&cs_id=1023601&p_id=2982&seq=1&format=2

treitz3

Clerik1 wrote: »

Thank you treitz3

You are welcome. Please forgive my manners, I never did welcome you to the forum.

Welcome to Club Polk.

PerfectCreature

I think I have a 50 foot cable...actually....I can check, I can send it to for shipping costs if you would like? I do not however have an adapter....but it is the monorprice brand.....

John K.

C1, welcome to Club Polk. No, you don't need to(and shouldn't)connect to the sub with speaker wire. To use the bass management crossover in your 765(probably set at 80Hz)connect with any coaxial cable with an RCA plug on each end, running from the sub out on the 765 to either the left or right(they join inside, no adapter is needed)line input, which are both coaxial cable inputs. Turn the low-pass filter control on the PSW10 to its highest setting, to get it as far out of the way as possible from interfering with the crossover which the 765 is doing.