subwoofer hook-up (to a 2 channel amp)

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myron horn
myron horn Posts: 13
in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
Stupid question of the day! Have a NAD 2 channel amp, and an M&K powered subwoofer... Can I use a y-plug and power the left channel and right channel mains, (to the power amp of course) yet run the subwoofer off the other end of the y adapter coming off the pre-amp?
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
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    Yes, but cheap splitters/y-plugs suck..
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  • specd_out
    specd_out Posts: 505
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    does your pre have a main 1 and main 2 output. On my carver I use the second main output to feed my sub. You can then use the subs crossover to balance things out. The main issue with that is you mains run full range so you will never get a good transition between mains and sub.

    I plan on getting a mini dsp and using it as a crossover to properly blend the mains and the sub
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  • myron horn
    myron horn Posts: 13
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    it does have 2 sets, but... according to the manual on the nad 1000, the second set is used to run a signal processor or other device.....When I do hook up the sub, you can pick up basically the full range ( vocals, instruments, etc.) so Im not sure what the deal is.....I had the sub hooked to an Onkyo receiver (5 channel) before , to the sub output, and the result was AWESOME! Not sure what is going on now!
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