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Connecting a subwoofer

Hi everyone, I’m wondering whether I can connect my subwoofer directly to my amp. My VTL  preamp is temporarily out of service, so I’m listening to music the following way.   

Wiim pro streamer>Auralic Aries DAC>MC275>Sonus Faner Olympica I.

In the current setup my B&W sub is out of the picture, can I plug the sub into the amp, if so, how?

Thanks

 

maddog66blue
crustycoot
617 posts
 

Get a pair of Y connectors with 1M>2F configuration and run your existing RCAs from the Auralic DAC to both the McIntosh and the Sub in parallel….if you don’t want to use the Sub’s HPF, which I assume you don’t.  Audioquest makes some nice ones.

ozzy's avatar
ozzy
7,406 posts
 

You could use something like this.

ozzy

SP-2SX | Jensen Transformers (jensen-transformers.com)

pennpencil
117 posts
 

You can run your powered sub from the rca outputs on your dac. Run your XLR dac outputs to your power amp.

maddog66blue OP
28 posts
 

Thanks for all the suggestions, crustcoot your suggestion is what I ended up using, which works, at least until I get my pre looked at.

 

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