Ha! I came here to give you Paul McGowen’s answer: use a high level input for the sub. I appreciate the logic of it: whatever colorations or sonic signature your amp applies to the signal will also be applied to the sub and the speakers and sub will blend better.
Connecting a sub which way to go
I have a NAD165 Pre-amp and a Nad 365 amp I am connecting a SVS SB13 Ultra into the system. The 165 has a sub output,but is it better to use that or the signal between the pre amp and the amp stripping off the bottom end signals say 15HZ to 80 sending rest on to the amp? The SVS has both a high pass and a low pass filter. The rest of my system is Paradigm S3 V2's and Triad Silver Monitor's
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WRONG! This underscores the MISINFORMATION that is often perpetuated on these threads. Paul McGowan DID NOT SAY TO RUN HIGH LEVEL FROM SPEAKER OUTS! To directly quote Paul: "You want to let your main speakers go down as far as they can naturally. Don’t roll them off. The subwoofer should fill in whatever is missing in the main speaker." You want to use line outs (optimally left and right line outs to two subs) of your preamp to your subs so that you can integrate them while utilizing the FULL RANGE of your mains. The beauty of SVS subs is that they have a continuously adjustable crossover that you can fine tune so that they pick up where your mains leave off, maximizing integration. This way you are not constrained by the standard 80 Hz crossover typically used on a speaker level input on the sub, e.g., Velodyne. Please watch: https://www.psaudio.com/askpaul/why-dont-your-products-feature-a-subwoofer-output/ |
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