Bought the wrong subwoofer!

I’ve owned three Rel subs and also own an SVS. The Rel’s have a built in line level adapter. Most Rel fans like to connect their subs off the amps speaker terminals with the speakon connector (Zu has this connection too).

You might consider buying from a local dealer and having them hook it up for you in the future

hickamore,

I can see the point of keeping full range signals to mains that go as low as yours do, makes sense, and then you simply make sure that the main amp is good for those speakers/space.

my latest kick:

Have you bought a SPL meter and measured what the speakers actually produce, at your listening position. I finally bought an inexpensive one as a tool to adjust and refine location, toe-in, and my vintage speakers have L-Pads for the mid horns and horn tweeters. 

You would learn/adjust both the mains and the subs, refining the sub’s crossover as well.

I wish I had bought one many years ago.

doesn’t need to be perfectly calibrated, just indicate SPL in relation to the adjacent frequencies. Or, if you want to know actual rather than relative numbers, calibrate it, they come with instructions.

I have several test lps and cds, I find this test cd is most helpful, among other content: 29 individually selectable frequencies, each track 1 minute long, i.e. not annoyingly short. select, see results, pause, adjust, play; next frequency, it takes a while.

I was hoping to enjoy morning coffee and a closer to my post.

This thread is ripe for a line that KILLS.

Hello,

It sounds like you want to keep your front end. 
your best bet if you can afford it is to sell the SVS. 
I am not a fan of using SVS for music unless you have to listen to music through your home theater. 
Buy any REL with the Speaker wire hookups. If your system is fully balanced only connect the black REL speaker wire to a chassis screw. If you are not sure do this anyways. You can not believe the performance you will get from even an older T9 which can be had for under $700. Make sure the Nutrik cable is included. If you can get two of them. You will be amazed how good two REL subs can be. I know this is a pain and there are great solutions to hook up the SVS. Leave SVS and Emotiva to home theater. That is where they typically thrive in DSP land. I hope this helps and you will understand once you buy the REL(s)

Why can’t you return it to the dealer you purchased it from?  They should advertised up front the subs wouldn’t work with your system.

there isn’t anything like REL.  I have two S2 SHO’s and they totally changed my system.  Their high level connection allows them play like woofer and their LFE connection for Home Theater.  I think of SVS for home theater for special effects.