you should ideally use speaker outs (not pre out) to drive a sub (or better yet a pair of subs)... rel and other firms do this, many (myself included) feel this really helps the sub(s) work and integrate better for hi fidelity stereo sound
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If you do go with speaker level output from the amp to the subwoofer the Raven Audio tube amps have an interesting feature, a pair of speaker outputs with a selectable high-pass crossover at 80Hz or 100Hz that means those bass frequencies are removed from the amplifier section and passed off to the subwoofer, effectively make the amp 2 to 3 times more powerful, according to Raven. My Blackhawk was built before that feature was added so I can’t testify to its effectiveness. When I had an HSU subwoofer the high-level outputs were what were strongly recommended by Dr. Hsu. |
+1 on all comments above. I have compared my sub from a pre-out on the preamp to the outs coming via the speaker terminals on the amp. It is far superior when it comes from the speaker terminals. Here's a helpful video (short): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnQOjCuoR9k&ab_channel=RELAcoustics |
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