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[f0nz0]

would i be able to hook up a passive subwoofer to a onkyo tx-sr304??

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onky...sem/rpsm/oid/178237/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

 

[Witchfinder General]

A passive sub gets hooked up to an amps speakers outs, so the answer would be yes.

 

[pj]

You can, but why would you? You'll only be able to have 3 or 4 speakers, since 1 or 2 of the channels will be directed to the sub, and I'm not sure how the audio processing would work, since only the info from the channels you hook up to the sub will be passed to it.

So if you have left, right and center speakers hooked up, with both surround channels powering the sub, then only sound that should be going to the surrounds will be going to the sub, which will be very little, unless you run it in 5 stereo or something

 

[Raistlin]

would i be able to hook up a passive subwoofer to a onkyo tx-sr304??

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onky...sem/rpsm/oid/178237/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

You could, but I'd recommend getting a dedicated sub amp (since its intended specifically for amplifying the frequency range of sub uses).


You can get some pretty cheap ones at online stores that do speaker building, etc.

 

[reilo]

Ugh yea, what others have said.

Keep your speakers powered by one amp, and your subwoofer powered by a separate amp. It's costly, but it makes all the difference in the world.

Besides, if you got your subwoofer hooked up to a 4-channel amp and receiving only power through that fourth channel, you'll only get 1/4 the power output. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. That's a waste of money.

 

[favouriteflavour]

if he is going to power his sub with an amp why doesnt he get a powred sub?

 

[f0nz0]

the thing is this receiver is goin to be for a small gaming room, so i dont need major thump, i already have a 5.1 speakers, biut i know the sub is passive, really dont wana buy a powered sub, or an extra amp as im tryin to be cheap here



so if i connect my speakers to their respective inputs on the right, where would i connect the sub? to the extra front speaker inputs to the left? would i get the proper bass sound? and whats the deal with the two purple subwoofer inputs? i believe the pre out input if for a powered sub right? what about the one to the left??

thx for the help!

 

[pj]

the thing is this receiver is goin to be for a small gaming room, so i dont need major thump, i already have a 5.1 speakers, biut i know the sub is passive, really dont wana buy a powered sub, or an extra amp as im tryin to be cheap here



so if i connect my speakers to their respective inputs on the right, where would i connect the sub? to the extra front speaker inputs to the left? would i get the proper bass sound? and whats the deal with the two purple subwoofer inputs? i believe the pre out input if for a powered sub right? what about the one to the left??

thx for the help!

You can't practically power a sub with that. Sell whatever sub you have now and save up for a powered sub

The extra front speaker connections on the left are for a second room, from what I read, that's just a switch, so when the speakers connected to the left are on, the speakers on the right are off.

The subwoofer connection on the left is a subwoofer input, the one on the right is the regular subwoofer out.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

That's not powerful enough for a sub.

Do you have a passive sub or thinking about getting one? If you already have one, get the Behringer A500. You can get it from online guitar stores for $199. I've also seen them on Ebay for $170. Plenty of power in bridged mode.

 

[Geoff9920]

the thing is this receiver is goin to be for a small gaming room, so i dont need major thump, i already have a 5.1 speakers, biut i know the sub is passive, really dont wana buy a powered sub, or an extra amp as im tryin to be cheap here



so if i connect my speakers to their respective inputs on the right, where would i connect the sub? to the extra front speaker inputs to the left? would i get the proper bass sound? and whats the deal with the two purple subwoofer inputs? i believe the pre out input if for a powered sub right? what about the one to the left??

thx for the help!

Here's the deal, your receiver sends all LFE (i.e. the ".1" in 5.1) signals out of the sub pre-out. (The "thing on the left" is for a multi-channel input.) However, you won't be able to get that LFE signal to your sub without something that can accept that pre-out and amplify it for your sub. An external amp, or buying a powered sub, are your only real solutions.

Is it possible to hook up the passive sub in anyway? Technically, yes, but you won't be receiving the specialized LFE channel. You'll only be getting the sub 80 Hz frequencies from the right and left stereo channels. Besides, I don't think that receiver could handle this method.

That's not powerful enough for a sub.

Do you have a passive sub or thinking about getting one? If you already have one, get the Behringer A500. You can get it from online guitar stores for $199. I've also seen them on Ebay for $170. Plenty of power in bridged mode.

If he's willing to pay that much, I think just buying a powered sub like this would be a better idea.