Alright here's my idea. i just got a new receiver because my old one the center channel was blown and it was bout 13 years old. it still sounds good on stereo though. i also have a spare pair of cerwin vega floor speakers sittting around. i don't have a subwoofer for my home theater system. Can i hook up the subwoofer out on the system to the old receiver and the speakers and use that to power the base lines without damaging the speakers? in my mind it works but i don't know about the power output from the new receiver's subwoofer output and all that. Any advice would be appreciated JD
In the new receiver's setup menus, set your speakers to "large", and the LFE (bass) signal will be sent to your speakers. If they're set to small, the LFE signal goes to a subwoofer, but since you don't have one..................
Let me ask you a question: You are going to use the Sub output of the new receiver and plug it in where?
He's talking about two speakers hooked up to the old receiver, and using their woofers. Better to set the HT speakers to Large.........
yes i realize what he wants to do but I am asking how he is going to get the signal into the old reciever? The point is this, if you are trying to put the signal through the AUX input of the new receiver, I would advise against it. The signal levels that is being presented from the sub out of the old amp will most likely present an impedance mismatch for the AUX input.
You do it through the "pre-outs", on his new receiver, if it has them. I hooked another receiver to my main receiver, via the "pre-outs", to the cd inputs, of the extra receiver, to power another speaker, for 6.1 setup. My receiver is just a 5.1, but has "pre-outs", so it's possible to make it a 7.1 setup. It worked great! Made LOTR E.E. and Gladiator dts version sound awesome. But, ended up giving my step father the extra receiver. I'm back to 5.1 setup. This worked for me very well, but I wasn't trying to get bass from it.
yea i was talking something similar to what jvc said using the SUB pre-out on the New Receiver and plugging that into the CD input on the Old Receiver (with a Y cable, so i'm not just inputting one side) and hooking up the two speakers on the A channel. hopefully this clarifies?
and this is what i am concerned with. You need to make sure that the impedance settings as well peak to peak voltage levels of the Sub pre-out is going to be compatible with the CD (I would try the AUX - Input first) input of the old system. If not, at best, the sound quality will be lousy and at worst, you can risk damaging one of your components. Call me over cautious, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Good luck and let us know how you go.
@ JVC I just went back and re-read the old posts and wanted to let you know that if I sounded harsh and too abrupt, i apologize. i certainly was not, and value your comments on such matters.
@behrad........ No, you didn't sound harsh. I thought maybe it wasn't clicking in your head, exactly what he was trying to do. Happens with me, quite a bit, at times. But thanks! ) @oudick61........... I wouldn't do that. When I did it, for my rear speaker, for a 6.1 setup, the speaker had two leads. Using a "Y" adapter, from a single lead like that, could possibly cause problems. Like behrad said........better safe than sorry. Until you can get a subwoofer, just set your speakers to Large, and live with it awhile. May find a deal on a sub, at a local pawn shop. Good luck!
