Just a tech question. Will this subwoofer work with just about any modern receiver? I have a receiver right now that came with my surround sound system, it uses an unpowered subwoofer. It is an okay receiver, but definitely not top notch. The receiver with Blu Ray player, surround speakers, and subwoofer all came as a package for about $800 bucks. Would I bet able to just plug this subwoofer right into my receiver? Just a tech question. Will this subwoofer work with just about any modern receiver? I have a receiver right now that came with my surround sound system, it uses an unpowered subwoofer. » Read More Just a tech question. Will this subwoofer work with just about any modern receiver? I have a receiver right now that came with my surround sound system, it uses an unpowered subwoofer. It is an okay receiver, but definitely not top notch. The receiver with Blu Ray player, surround speakers, and subwoofer all came as a package for about $800 bucks. Would I bet able to just plug this subwoofer right into my receiver? « Show Less
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if it has a sub output on the receiver it will work just fine, you can adjust the sub for what ever you are going to use it for music or movies
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I will be able to provide a definitive answer if you can provide me the model of the receiver. To get this sub working, you either need a LFE out ( a co-axial port usually available on most of the basic receivers) or a sub-woofer speaker screw-in ports. To get the most out of this sub, i would prefer LFE out to connect to the sub.
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Check the rear of the receiver. If there is an RCA connector marked "sub out" or "lfe out" or similar, it will work just fine. It will probably be yellow in color. I'd be very surprised if there wasn't such a connector on any modern receiver.
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Hi i plugged my SC6000 into the sub out on the OPPO blu ray player as I don't have a receiver and I have my speakers which are Martin Logan vantage electrostatic driven by a 450 watt ASR amp. The power of this sub is such that I run volume at about 8 and cross over 90 ON THE SC6000 and still sounds good with high end equipment. So yes it will work with any receiver- read manual first, or a good Blue ray player.
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I have a Pioneer a/v receiver and I had a Bose speaker system. Mine was an older system. Everything went through the Bose subwoofer so the wireless system could not be used with Bose. I now have Bose 501's in the front and a Bose center speaker but my subwoofer is not Bose. My wireless back speakers run off KEF wireless system. I am very happy with the KEF. I sent the system to them because I thought something was wrong with it. They trouble shot it and found nothing wrong. No charge, they sent it back. I found a bad connection on the back of my receiver caused by the DTV tech. I would check with Bose to see if this works with their system.Sorry I couldn't give you a yes or no.Mike I have a Pioneer a/v receiver and I had a Bose speaker system. Mine was an older system. Everything went through the Bose subwoofer so the wireless system could not be used with Bose. I now have Bose 501's in the front and a Bose center speaker but my subwoofer is not Bose. My wireless back speakers run off KEF wireless system. I am very happy with the KEF. I sent the system to them because I thought something was wrong with it. They trouble shot it and found nothing wrong. No charge, they sent it back. I found a bad connection on the back of my receiver caused by the DTV tech. I... » Read More I have a Pioneer a/v receiver and I had a Bose speaker system. Mine was an older system. Everything went through the Bose subwoofer so the wireless system could not be used with Bose. I now have Bose 501's in the front and a Bose center speaker but my subwoofer is not Bose. My wireless back speakers run off KEF wireless system. I am very happy with the KEF. I sent the system to them because I thought something was wrong with it. They trouble shot it and found nothing wrong. No charge, they sent it back. I found a bad connection on the back of my receiver caused by the DTV tech. I would check with Bose to see if this works with their system.Sorry I couldn't give you a yes or no.Mike « Show Less
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I have a similar receiver and they work great for the money. I do not crank it up so my neighbors down the block can hear it, but my next door neighbors have mentioned it... Set the crossover on your amp so your sub will take most of your bass (80 - 100hz) and you will be fine. I have been using them for over a year now with zero complaints.
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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.
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Hi all,I purchased the same unit (IM600) and wanted to add a subwoofer. I tried many things and I was able to connect my spare 10" powered subwoofer (JVC). The trick is to use the right cable (3.5 mm plug for IM600 to two RCA plugs for the subwoofer). I just used the cable that came with my ipod and it worked well (note - for some reason white and yellow works for my sub instead of white and red). I now have IM600 with rich deep bass and it sounds very good. As I understand IM600 can work with any "powered" subwoofer with the right cable.Note - I am assuming since its a powered subwoofer it will not put any strain on IM600.Hope this would help folks who are trying to connect a subwoofer to IM600.Regards. Hi all,I purchased the same unit (IM600) and wanted to add a subwoofer. I tried many things and I was able to connect my spare 10" powered subwoofer (JVC). The trick is to use the right cable (3.5 mm plug for IM600 to two RCA plugs for the subwoofer). I just used the cable that came with my ipod and it worked well (note - for some reason white and yellow works for my sub instead of white and red). I now have IM600 with rich deep bass and it sounds very good. As I understand IM600 can work with any "powered" subwoofer with the right cable.Note - I am assuming... » Read More Hi all,I purchased the same unit (IM600) and wanted to add a subwoofer. I tried many things and I was able to connect my spare 10" powered subwoofer (JVC). The trick is to use the right cable (3.5 mm plug for IM600 to two RCA plugs for the subwoofer). I just used the cable that came with my ipod and it worked well (note - for some reason white and yellow works for my sub instead of white and red). I now have IM600 with rich deep bass and it sounds very good. As I understand IM600 can work with any "powered" subwoofer with the right cable.Note - I am assuming since its a powered subwoofer it will not put any strain on IM600.Hope this would help folks who are trying to connect a subwoofer to IM600.Regards. « Show Less
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Dear AR... I assume you are replying to the other's guy's post. I have a single RCA input on my subwoofer (as well as the alternative four speaker wire posts) and a single subwoofer RCA output on my Sony Receiver. The receiver works and the subwoofer works with the speaker wire connections. The subwoofer has an on and off switch so it must be powered. The subwoofer hums when I touch my finger to the unplugged end of the cable. So why doesn't the RCA connection work when plugged into the receiver?? What am I missing?
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Stephen G., I'm interested in connecting 2 receivers and switching between them. I have a modern home theater receiver (Yamaha RX-V477) and a vintage receiver (Realistic STA-76 circa 1975). Each one does some things better than the other and I want to easily switch between them depending on what I want to do (like play vinyl on the vintage) and watch movies on the home theater receiver. If you know of something that can do this, please let me know. Thanks.
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I just bought one and it does have a sub-woofer out, but my old sub-woofer (unpowered) does not work, i am trying to find out if i need a powered one. Does anyone know?
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Yes, you can connect up to 1 subwoofer to this receiver. Keep in mind that it must be a powered subwoofer with an RCA style plug. "Subwoofers," or bass speakers, that use speaker wire will NOT connect to this receiver.
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If the receiver has a subwoofer pre-out (which the specs say it does), you can certainly connect it to this sub. Another factor to consider for this or any sub is the crossover function. Ideally you want to let the receiver do the bass crossover. The easiest way to do this is if the sub has a crossover bypass, which this sub does not. However, you can just turn the crossover knob up to its highest frequency setting, so that it won't filtering any bass from the receiver. This works fine for me on my Denon. You may also have to play with the sensitivity switch so that the sub auto-on/off feature works. On my Denon I had to set it to the higher setting or the sub wouldn't turn itself on.
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I also had an older Creature and I had a similar problem with the new one. I almost returned it before I finally got it to work. Everything seemed to be connected properly but there was no sound. The answer with mine was the connection of the power port on the subwoofer. It isn't as firm as it could be and because of that, it can be difficult to connect properly. And even after it it has been working, if the subwoofer is moved around a bit, the connection can be broken and the sound lost again. When you insert the plug into the port on the sub, try to wiggle it and see if that helps. If it doesn't, remove it, plug it in again and keep trying to move it around. Sooner or later, you should establish contact and get sound. At least, I did. Use of an electronic contact enhancer such as DeoxIt Gold G100L may be of help. This problem is due to a design flaw. If the connection was more solid, this should never occur. Unfortunately, it does. The speakers are so good that it's worth the effort to keep trying to establish a good connection. If you continue to get no results after a while, the problem may lie elsewhere and returning the speakers may be your only option. Please send in a review or comment to this reply and let us know if this has been of help.
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Is the subwoofer working and correctly hooked up? If your still not getting sound try setting your main main speakers to small and the crossover to 80hz in the receiver speaker setup menu and subwoofer should say yes next to it. If your speakers are set to large subwoofer should say "plus" next to it on the menu.
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You'll need to explain what your setup is like in more detail to get a reliable answer. What kind of receiver are you using? In general, no, you don't want to hook the bare ends of this to an existing speaker wire, and then plug this into the single RCA jack on a subwoofer. Those jacks are made for audio/instrument/signal cables, not speaker wires/cables.
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I love this Onkyo. However, I recently added a Sony BluRay to my system and to get an extra input I connected it via 6 cable 5.1 direct route (You select Onkyo DVD Multi here). But, I don't understand why there is no output from my powered subwoofer. The optical/digi connections work the sub fine.
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Sorry for the late response but yes, the way you just said it is correct. Due to the special connection of the Bose subwoofer, it cannot be used with any other receivers.
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Hi Chang Kyu Lee,This receiver cannot support passive subwoofer. Thanks. >Joffrey
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Actually, I bought an old Sony home theater receiver from Craigslist for $20. These older receivers (the ones with Dolby Prologic but not Dolby Digital and/or DTS) have A and B speaker outputs, which can both be run at the same time for a total of four speakers in stereo. If you're not put off by the idea of buying things from Craigslist, this might be the best and most affordable option (affordability being, I assume, the biggest criterion if you're buying these speakers, as was the case for me).I hope this helps. :)