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Can a sub be hooked up to speaker posts?

hi,

The title says it all. I'm wondering if a sub can be hooked up high level by running some speaker cable from the speaker binding posts up to the sub.

So, instead of running the sub from the amp, it would be amp, to speaker to sub.

Does this work ok?

Thanks
goatwuss
arp
9 posts
 
I'm thinking of doing the same thing. When hooked up this way with rels how much of a load will be put on the amp. I'm concerned with distortion when I crank it up. Is it simply to get the same signal as the speaker then amplify it. What I am saying is, is the amp active when connected this way or only for the LFE input.
bdgregory
1,712 posts
 
When hooked up this way with rels how much of a load will be put on the amp.
virtually no load. The Rel has a very high impedance, and it has its own power amp and not using the amp for power, so its its effect on the amp is negligible.
arp
9 posts
 
Thanks Bdgregory
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