RCA to Banana Plug (1 Viewer)

[DolbyProHD101]

Hey Y'all, I am currently facing the unfortunate problem of not being able to utilize my sub to its full potential due to the lack of a proper connection. It's weird...I have a sub which uses banana plug connections; however, my receiver uses an RCA jack for sub connections. HELP!!!

 

[John Garcia]

This will not work as they are different signal levels, one amplified and one line level. There is no adapter that will do this for you as you would be feeding an unamplified signal to the sub. If you only have speaker level inputs on your sub then that means you need to have an external amp to power it. The preamp out (RCA) from your receiver goes to the amp and that amp provides the speaker level to the sub.

 

[DolbyProHD101]

Okay, and thanks for responding where can I find an amp to power my sub?

 

[John Garcia]

These are good places to look:

www.partsexpress.com - you might check look a the Audiosource line. They are inexpensive and easy to find. If you don't need a lot of power, they have the APA-150 on sale right now too. Small and already setup to power a sub. http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-812%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&FTR=apa%20150%20amp&CFID=12122510&CFTOKEN=81141481

www.madisound.com

www.audioadvisor.com

 

[DolbyProHD101]

Thanks bud