Anyone ever tried to hook this system up to Polk Audio model T-15 speakers? How would I do it, would I need a separate device?
1009387
I do not believe the T-15 speakers are "powered" meaning that you do not plug them in to drive an internal amp so you would need an external amp.
1509366
Hi John, I do not see any other system connections for additional speakers - the speaker connection wires are set in a disk and have to go into the unit a certain way too, so, would not be able to add to the ones provided - it does put out very good sound with an adequate equalizer to adjust treble and bass... and... sound does not get distorted when volume is way up - - I think it is a pretty good stereo for it's size...
1017832
Buy a receiver and hook up external speakers to the receiver. Only way you will get a decent sound out of this unit.I have a similar problem and after much debate, I am planning to buy Sherwood RX-41 9 105WAat model to augument this stereo system.Good Luck.
1954286
Hooked mine to a receiver. Don't know what type of speaker hook ups the TV has. Sorry!
1544570
I had a similar question. I even emailed Polk to ask them and never heard back. You will need an amplifier because the subwoofer is passive. It has its own crossover built in, but the receiver should only be sending high sounds to your other speakers and low sounds to your sub. I just attached both positive wires from the sub to the single positive wire coming from the amp (and the same for the negative wires). It seems to work great and I have had it in for at least a year.
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Thanks for the reply. I see your point about hooking the sub through to the main speaker outs and then to the L/R fronts. I guess that would be pushing it quite a bit. Thanks for the tips on the powered sub. At $80, I can't really go wrong. One last thing: If I wanted to forgo the rear speakers, could the sub be hooked up to the surround outs or am I letting my complete ignorance show here? Thanks again.
49098
I connected my Polks in to Onkyo 80watts per channel ( RMS) high current amplifier .works great ..I have JBL Floor standing speakers as well .but really like my Polks
2239954
Directly I'm not sure I have a Polk wireless rear hooked up via wireless transmitter, this is hooked directly into the surround speaker outputs. Try adjusting the center speaker volume down on the receiver, hooking up the amplified center with a nominal volume level on the speaker and adjust the center volume on the receiver up until you get optimal sound, you may have to find your receivers center volume sweet spot for your centers optimal sound after that you can adjust from your speakers volume if so equipped.
375604
There is a possibility that you can connect other speakers to the system. There must be pigtail connections, plug ins connections are not available(i.e. RCA plugs). Be careful of how powerful the speakers might be. Compatibility might also present a problem. Most of the time, the parts included with the system are the best fit.
1348755
Not sure I will be of much help, as I am not certain what you are asking. However, the speakers simply function/act as any other speakers that you would hook up to your receiver.
1466333
You can easily hook these up to a Logitech 2.1 computer speaker setup and replace the mains. But you do need to make sure that they arent the hardwired type and can accommodate a speaker wire input. Also that the power output of the system is at least as high as the nominal power required by the Polks. I'm doing just this very thing, replacing the two main front speakers with the Polks on a Logitech z5500 system. Already replaced the rears with little Bose cubes.
404323
I think most of the polk products work well together. I would suggest reading some audio forums, they would much more experience than me. Good Luck!
2164849
The sub being used would need to have RCA inputs(how mine us currently setup). I guess you could rig up a splitter off of one of the speaker inputs. Or if your sub has input/output for speaker wire you could do that too.
2095001
Yes you can hook up those speakers. The polk Pa660 is a 4 channel amp. I would recommend having 4 speakers hooked up to it at all times. Your gains only need to be at about half so you don't blow those little 8 OHM speakers out. The benefit of running 8 Ohm speakers on an amp like this, is that the amp will run a little cooler and not draw as much power. Cooler is also good because the amp will last longer. You will not need to use the crossover portion of the amp if all you are are running are these (polk audio atrium 8 SDI) speakers. Make sure your power connections are good using thick copper wire, running 8 ohm speakers 8 Gauge wire will work fine. Speakers connections are a simple positive to positive and negative to negative with a all four speakers.
1017831
Buy a receiver and hook up external speakers to the receiver. Only way you will get a decent sound out of this unit. I have a similar problem and after much debate, I am planning to buy Sherwood RX-41 9 105WAat model to augument this stereo system. Good Luck.
1536088
I have that set up on my deck. However, you need a couple of additional components. I used a Bluetooth audio receiver (HomeSpot NFC-Enabled Bluetooth Audio Receiver for Sound System) and a terrific little Lepai amp (LP-2020A+ Lepai Tripath Class-T Hi-Fi Audio Mini Amplifier with Power Supply). I got all the components from Amazon and it sounds great for a relatively small cost. Hope that helps.
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You need a powered sub. I got a Polk audio sub off amazon too and it sounds great.