Best connection on a subwoofer (1 Viewer)

[chris bruce]

If this gets a little confusing I appologize. The red and white inputs on the back of our subwwofers, what is the best way to hook them up. What I mean is I have one subwoofer output on the back of my receiver should I put a y-cable in the output of the receiver and run a red and white patch cable to the sub or should I put the y-cable in the subwoofer input and run only one red or white to the receiver input. What I'm asking is should the y-cable be at the receiver or at the sub. Or doesen't it matter? Thank you very much

 

[ScottCHI]

What sub do you have?

It doesn't really matter where you put the Y, however, a Y-adapter is usually not necessary AT ALL in this instance unless you have a very specific reason or need for using one. Most subs are configured to accept a single "mono" connection at their left or right inputs.