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Cable from subwoofer to AV receiver (1 Viewer)

Wil Lee

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Can I just use any ordinary AV cable to hook up the subwoofer to the AV receiver? I'm currently using a mono cable, but had to option of getting a digital one. Considering, it's only the subwoofer, am I wrong to think the cable doesn't make a difference?
 

Thomas Willard

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A standard 75 ohm shielded cable with RCA phono plugs will work fine to connect the LFE output of your receiver to the line input of your sub (I am assuming it is a powered sub).
 

Wil Lee

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I'm not sure if I'm understanding you. Currently, I've hooked up the receiver to the sub's "LFE out" with a "mono AV cable". The sub works just fine. I had the option of using a "Y-splitter" to connect to the sub's L and R inputs. The botton line is does it matter which connection I use for the sub, just as long as it's working right?
 

Tuan Le

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Just curious why every single hometheater store I've seen uses the "Y" spliter on their sub left/right connections???

Thanks
-Tuan
 

John Garcia

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Use the Y adapter. This increases the input voltage to the sub, which will resulit in a slight improvement in response. It will not give you a gain in SPL, because the calibrated SPL will be the same either way.
 

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