experience with passive subwoofers?

mlastarza
mlastarza Posts: 32
edited June 2008 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
Anybody have any experience with passive subwoofers such as SVS's?

I am currently driving my fronts with an adcom gfa 555 and using a yamaha rx-v663 receiver (95 watts x7). Wondering if all the receiver had to do was power the passive subwoofer if it would give decent results?
MWL
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited June 2008
    No, probably not.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2008
    No..
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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