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[joggerjayne]

How does one wire up a sub woofer to an amplifier ?

And would the neighbours be annoyed ?

[ChuckFickens]

Active or passive Sub? and does the amp have a sub output?

And yes they may be.

[WyeDyed]

It depends on the amplifier

and Yes, probably

[ChuckFickens]

Just get a decent surround sound system.

[joggerjayne]

Active or passive Sub? I don't know.

Does the amp have a sub output? I don't know ... I haven't chosen one yet.

It depends on the amplifier ... Why is this all so complicated?

[ChuckFickens]

http://www.richersounds.com/stores/brighton

Go see them.

[joggerjayne]

Chuck ...

My "system" isn't bad ... but I want that boomy sound that gets right in your stomach.

=0)

[ChuckFickens]

Get a decent surround sound system then.

And get it set up properly.

[joggerjayne]

Sounds a bit nerdy, Chuck.

[ChuckFickens]

And you expected anything less?

[sunny-dave]

sub woofers tend to be a solution to a problem which is better addressed by proper sized & specced main speakers anyway

you only need the 'extra' bass if it's not being delivered correctly in the first place - and sub woofs can tend to muddy the overall sound and actually detract from the 'punch in the stomach' effect of really sharp crunchy bass

[sunny-dave]

the last post was sponsored by 'geeks r us'

[joggerjayne]

Mmm, okay.

Look,on the back of my amp, I have a spare pair of those red and black screwy things, marked "B".

On the front, I can switch the knob on the left to "A" or "B" or "A+B".

My speakers are wired up to "A" on the back.

Can I just connect a subwoofer by two wires to the "B" screwy things, and turn the switch to "A+B"?

Hmmm ... there are "A" and "B" things on the leftand the right.

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[WyeDyed]

The 'B' is for a second set of speakers that you can switch between.

[sunny-dave]

as Mr CF said - it depends on whether it's an active or passive sub - ie does it have an internal amp & volume control

If it does then it needs a 'line' connection - phono plugs probably from 'line out' or 'record out'

If not then it can be connected to the speaker sockets, but you may have problems in balancing the volume against your other speakers.

[joggerjayne]

The speakers in the room I'mtalking about are Mordaunt Short 25i floor standing speakers (yes, I just copied that off the back). They're not bad, but when there are a few people in the room (and the people downstairs are away), I'd like to "crank it up" a bit.

=0)

[ChuckFickens]

To be fair though, most people haven't got enough room (or money) to have full range speakers that can deliver that sort of bass.

A decent quality (and well setup) surround system can provide a pretty damn close approximation of it (and won't sound muddy unless it's EQ'd in a really bad way)

[joggerjayne]

Oh, now I see, Dave.

[deggers316]

chuck no way can you get the thud and rumble without a good sub i know about cinema sound systems, even top end systems come with subs

[deggers316]

joggerjayne
use your system with neighbours in mind like not late at night if you get a sub,
i know my neighbours and use mine for a couple of blu ray dvds a week cranked up with lots of floor shaking (love that) but not after 11pm they accept that ok and never go beyond that,unless i know there both out,

[deggers316]

if you want a stomach punching bass then you need a sub output on your amp i:e: dolby digital 5.1 the 1 being sub output otherwise youll just get a "boomy bass sound"