Subwoofer Cable Question (1 Viewer)

[nik k]

Hello everyone,
I have a question that i cant seem to answer using the power of the search button or i may be not understanding this correctly. I was at Circuit City and noticed how they had their subwoofers hooked up. They used coaxial (RF) cable with adapters on the end to make a RCA plug. Is this where the RG6 cable can be used??? Can this be done or is the cheap way, meaning loss in quality of signal??? Can i do this in my home??? My subwoofer is the velodyne CHT-12 conneted to a Denon 3803. Are there any y-adapters so that i can run one cable and then branch to the two inputs on the sub?? I was told this helps.....Does it??? Thanks for the help.

Nik K.

 

[Vince Maskeeper]

YOu can do this, it's extremely common. SHould have more than enought bandwidth for subwoofer signal...

-Vince

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Yes, using an RG-6 cable with adapters is the "cheap way," but no it does not come at the expense of signal "quality" (which is essentially irrelevant with sub signals anyway).

Using a "y" adaptor to feed both inputs only increases the of the sub's input gain, due to both inputs being driven instead of one. Beyond that it doesn't "help" anything - you can accomplish the same thing by merely turning up the gain knob.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[altan]

Yup... I've done it, works great.

... Altan

 

[nik k]

Thanks for the info.

Nik K.

 

[JesseBro]

the coax cable i have is RG59. is this ok?

 

[Jerry Parker]

Yes, RG59 is fine.