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How to connect 2 speakers and a sub to this amp, connector image incl.
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A subwoofer is a speaker by itself that you add to a two speaker stereo system. It’s called a 2.1 setup, the 2.0 being standard stereo. Each speaker requires an amplifier channel by itself, hence you need a third mono amplifier for the subwoofer. This is why majority of subwoofers are active with an inbuilt amplifier.
If you let us know your subwoofer maybe we can guide you more in detail.
If you let us know your subwoofer maybe we can guide you more in detail.
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Normally the sub has its own amplifier and most "home theater" subs are active/powered with their own built-in amp.
And a "proper" setup also has a crossover to send just the bass to the subwoofer amplifier and to filter-out the bass going to the main speaker amp. That's part of the "bass management" built-into home theater receivers or there are stand-alone active crossovers. Or as a compromise many active subwoofers have a low-pass filter and the bass can go to the main speakers also. Or I believe there are some subs with a full-crossover and line outputs for the left & right channels.
Or there are pro amplifiers with DSP, so one amp can be configured for high-pass and another for low-pass.
And a "proper" setup also has a crossover to send just the bass to the subwoofer amplifier and to filter-out the bass going to the main speaker amp. That's part of the "bass management" built-into home theater receivers or there are stand-alone active crossovers. Or as a compromise many active subwoofers have a low-pass filter and the bass can go to the main speakers also. Or I believe there are some subs with a full-crossover and line outputs for the left & right channels.
Or there are pro amplifiers with DSP, so one amp can be configured for high-pass and another for low-pass.
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Don't have a sub yet, just learnin. Thanks!
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So did I get you right, the amp in the image only has 2 channel outputs from the looks of it, which would be taken up by the speakers. It needs one more output to be able to connect a sub to it? Even if the sub is powered.
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If the sub is powered you need this type of connection on the amp
or you can connect powered sub to integrated amp like this
How To Connect A Subwoofer To An Integrated Stereo Amplifier
Subwoofers are often integrated with home theater sound systems to allow them to reproduce a wider range of frequencies. This lets the audio systems
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Generally speaking, you would not connect a powered sub to this amp because most powered subs accept a line level input and this amp has no line level output. The exception would be with a sub like my REL Quake which has a 'Hi Level' input which can be fed directly from the speaker terminals (in addition to the speakers being connected)...
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Thanks, I am gonna try that!
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