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connecting a sub-woofer to a preamp

I recently purchased an Ayre K-5xe MP preamp and would like to connect a sub woofer to my system to augment the bass response of my ET LFT-8 speakers. Previously with a YBA preamp this was just a matter of utilizing one of the additional output jacks.

However with the Ayre this is not the answer.

Does anyone have any suggestions? The Owner's manual is silent in this regard. I've also e-mailed Ayre twice over the past ten with this question and am still waiting for the courtesy of a reply...

Thanks in advance for any advice that you may care to pass along...

Peter
blues27
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ghosthouse
4,318 posts
 
As noromance suggests,  a short run of speaker wire from posts of speaker to speaker input of the subwoofer has worked for me.  This assumes your sub has speaker level and not just line level inputs.

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yogiboy
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If the sub has a high pass filter you would run a pair of interconnects from the preamp into the subs input then another pair from the subs output to the power amps inputs. Just another option!
donvito101
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I use these!
http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=AQM22FHRD
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ghosthouse
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https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=general&m=729997
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bdp24
9,892 posts
 
Rythmik subs have speaker-level output binding posts.
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