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Matt:Brunmeier

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All right, I'm trying to hook up a pair of subs in boxes to my new Crown XLS-202. The amp only takes XLR inputs, which (clearly) my receiver doesn't have.

I have a Harman Kardon AVR-635.

I'm trying to split the Subwoofer output into two XLR connections. Should this work, in theory? I know I can't expect it to be balanced like XLR, but it'd still carry a signal wouldn't it?

Help! I really don't want to have to get an equalizer to play with this stuff.

In summary, how would I hook up a Crown XLS-202 Amplifier to my Harman Kardon receiver in order to drive my sub?
 

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Yes, it will work. Go to a guitar shop and see if they have some RCA to XLR connectors.

Is this a low-end Crown amp? The reason I ask is that you hardly ever see a pro amp without a “stereo/parallel/bridge” switch on the back. If it had one, in “parallel” mode you’d be able to drive both channels from a single input – i.e., no splitters needed.

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Matt:Brunmeier

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Here's what I have going:

Harman Kardon AVR 635
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Subwoofer Out to an RCA Splitter
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2xRCA to XLR cable
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Crown XLS-202

I think this is an issue with the RCA to XLR stuff. RCA is unbalanced and XLR is balanced, it seems like that could be a major problem. I figured I would lose the balance, but I'm only going a foot so i wasn't worried about it. Now it seems like it might not work at all.

The amp is 2 channels @ 200w/4ohms each. I could run it bridged but I don't want to (I have two subwoofers). In order to drive both channels separately it needs separate inputs for both - that's why I'm splitting the signal.
 

Matt:Brunmeier

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all right, I got it.

It only works with Dolby stuff, not the 5 Ch Stereo, and I had to set up the LFE so that it worked together with the Front L&R Channels, since I have all my speakers set to large.
 

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