What receiver can I buy for a speaker system with + and – connections for the sub woofer?
Stevo asked:
I own Sony home theater speakers and am looking to buy a new receiver due to lack of digital audio on the current one. The problem is that the sub woofer connection is a + – unpowered connection. I can’t seem to find any receivers with this output. Are there any out there?
I own Sony home theater speakers and am looking to buy a new receiver due to lack of digital audio on the current one. The problem is that the sub woofer connection is a + – unpowered connection. I can’t seem to find any receivers with this output. Are there any out there?
Any good receiver will work.
Here is how you hook it up:
Take speaker wire from the main L/R speaker outputs and run to the sub. Your sub should also have +/- outputs. Run speaker wire from these to your left and right speakers.
In the receiver you have a setup menu where you can define your speakers as LARGE or SMALL. Tell the receiver your left/right speakers are LARGE and that you do NOT have a subwoofer.
The receiver will now send all the low frequency sounds to the L/R speakers, and your sub will strip off what it wants and pass the rest to the left right speakers.
I recommend using Marantz, I have had very good luck with them.
Mine has both a low level and +- outputs for a subwoofer.
If you are living in the CT area, The Audio Store on the Berlin Tpke is having a floor model sale this month.
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Good luck