Has anyone used this with a powered sub-woofer? I am ready to dump my 7.1 but keep the nice subwoofer, which is powered.
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You have to turn off the sound bars subs in order to run your own. Other than an RCA cable from the sound bar to your sub, it's real easy to do. The sound bar instructions are easy to understand and it takes less than a minute to set up.
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I paired it with a 12" Klipshe powered sub that I've owned for several years. I keep the sub power really low, but it sounds way better than the sub speakers in the bar.
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I could not get my powered Martin Logan sub-woofer to work with the sound bar, no sound whatsover. I was going to give it another try but have not had a chance yet.
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Hi Anthony. This depends. How many watts per side on the powered mixer? If you are at like 325 watts or less to 15's then this could be ok if you had 2. You need about 150% of the power that you have going to your mains going to your subs if you have one subwoofer for each main woofer. Your powered mixer would also need a passive balanced output for the monitor.
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You can run a subwoofer off this amp. I'm not sure what you mean by powered subwoofer
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Sorry, I'm a newbie at home theater stuffs, but why do we need a separate "subwoofer cable"? Won't the speaker wires work? I'm using a HTiB and they all use one type of speaker cables, even the subwoofer. I'm just curious as I'm about to get this system and have to learn how to set it up with a receiver. Thanks.
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Sorry I have no idea, I use the Emotiva Stealth 8 speakers which do not require subs and I never felt the need to find out if you could use the RCA outputs for sub woofers.
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I did. I have a 100 watt system and it worked perfectly. Just popped it in to replace the old woofer that was blown out. Sounds fantastic! Better than original!
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yes the infared will work awesome. I have had quite a few sub woofers and I love this the best
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I bought the Pioneer Andrew jones designed SP--PK52FS speakers system with the powered subwoofer to match. Al speakers are very bid and work very well with this receiver. Remember the sub woofer has its own power supply. You have full control of everything regarding what the speakers do and don't have to worry about any " automatic" strange stuff happenning
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I had to "modify" the cable from the sub woofer output jack to slip on fittings on the speakers. It isn't a poweed sub but really sounds good. Can't remember if the speaker came with a cable but don't think so. Your stereo should have a cable for a sub. Hope this helps?
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The previous answers are good. Page 32 of the manual gives a picture of the connections on the back of the receiver. I have a B&W; subwoofer connected without problems.Eric S
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Thing is that the subwoofer needs to be active , most (or all for what I know) receivers dont send energy thru coax just the signal of sound , like in my case , and did nothing , so i had yo put an amp in between the speaker and receiver
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hello. i am a previous purchaser of this item and was asked to answer your question. unfortunately, i do not know the answer. but i decided to respond to let you know my opinion of this product. i use this subwoofer with the satellite speakers in my work shop. the sound is absolutely amazing. this subwoofer can be adjusted for a super low rumble to a tight punch. i hope this helps.Rich
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R. Williams - Nope. I've run this sub-woofer for countless hours over the years...sometimes under "unusual" circumstances and often with very high demands...it has operated faultlessly. As I noted earlier, "it'll make you happy". It still brings me a solid "lower-end" sound (and feel, too.). I'm thinking that Matthew Robb's reply is right-on. An ill fitting cable can make for a weak ground. Feedback is another possible cause...NAH...not likely. Hope your annoying "super loud buzzing" is soon ended.abez2.
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Yes - I've subbed a slightly smaller and less obvious sub woofer. Had to do some surgery on the original wires but ... everything works great.
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I also used a subwoofer cable that plugs into a dedicated plug on the back of my receiver and the same on the SW. Connections work great. I believe you can use 2 wires/banana connectors like the other speakers, but the SW cable works great. Nice deep bass but no rattles.
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I have a powered sub also and am using the LFE.btw...I did some experimenting with the Speaker Settings because i actually have small bookshelf speakers for my surround setup (Energy CB-10 frt and Polk r30 back). So I set the Speakers to Small for the front and back and the Sub defaulted to 'Normal' (I think that's what it said) and it sounds much better now. Hope this helps.
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I am using a Polk Audio RM-7 "8 inch powered sub woofer. My room is only 12X15 and my wife hates it! She is not a fan of a lot of bass. But when she's not around, and I turn it up, it is more than enough. The Yamaha, it seems to me, has less bass output in its normal configuration than my old Onkyo system, but you can adjust it easier with the Yamaha. I would think any good name Sub would do fine.