Dual subwoofers (1 Viewer)

[Andrew Pezzo]

I have seen in a few magazines when reviewing speakers that they sometimes hook up 2 subs. My questions is how do they do that? When I bought my sub (Energy S8.2) I was living in a small place. I have the opportunity to get another S8.2 for under $100 and since I live in a bigger place I want to get it. I have a Denon AVR 3803 with Energy Connoisseur speakers (C-7's for front, C-1 for rears, and C-C3 is on the way). I appreciate any help I can get on this.

 

[ColinM]

An RCA "y" adapter from the sub out, or at the sub end of the sub cable - do the Y there if they are to be stacked to save cable expense.

 

[Andrew Pezzo]

The only thing I could think of was splitting the sub output on the receiver but that seemed to easy to me, guess I was on to something. That being said I also thought having one sub connected through a low level connection and the other a high level connection was a way to do it but that seemed wrong also.

That makes me wonder about the quality of the signal being sent, I would think splitting it would cause a bit of signal loss.

 

[Bob Kavanaugh]

I split my subwoofer out with no noticable signal loss. I just went to radio-shack and picked up a gold series splitter for 5.99. (This will not be a problem when my STR-DA2ES arrives... I CAN'T WAIT!)

 

[Stephen Hopkins]

Depending on the sub, many have line level outputs as well as inputs, so you could just "daisy chain" the two subs. IE, receiver to sub 1, sub 1 to sub 2.

Hope this helps

 

[Edward J M]

You are better off Y splitting at the sub out. There is no signal loss - the voltage is identical at both leads. There can be (but not always) a signal degradation associated with daisy chaining.

Regards,

Ed

 

[RichardH]

There should be plenty of juice from the receiver's sub out to compensate for the small voltage drop in splitting the signal. Since they are identical subs, try to set their volume knobs the same. That way, you're getting equal output from the pair and not working one more than the other. This will ensure you're getting the most output possible from the two.

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Andrew,

That makes me wonder about the quality of the signal being sent, I would think splitting it would cause a bit of signal loss.

Don’t confuse “signal loss” with “signal quality.” There may be a little loss with splitting, but as others here have sufficiently noted, that is nothing to be concerned about. If a slight reduction in signal level translated to loss of quality – well, we’d have a problem every time we ratcheted down the receiver’s volume control.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[John H]

Depending on the sub, many have line level outputs as well as inputs, so you could just "daisy chain" the two subs. IE, receiver to sub 1, sub 1 to sub 2.

Before using this configuration check your subwoofers owners manual. Many subwoofers implement a high pass filter on the line level outputs.

John

 

[Aaron Garman]

I've actually come across some luck and now have a JBL PB10 in addtion to my PB12. I'm using both with a monster cable sub cable that has a Y splitter with it. The question is, am I better off turning their volumes all the way and setting the volume from my Yammie HTR-5280 or should I set the Yammie to full for the sub and adjust volume at the sub? Thanks!

AJG

 

[Frank Carter]

I would set the Yamaha to it's mid level and then adjust from the subwoofer.