Connecting monoblock tube amps to single subwoofer.

ieales

953 posts

03-31-2022 at 06:41am 

I figured REL knows their products a lot better than I do. 

@ ieales:

Possibly.

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Oh no sir, Not "possibly" but absolutely.  I can assure you that REL does indeed know their product a lot better than I do.  :)

One more thought which has usually served me well is to apply the principle of  Occam's Razor.  I paraphrase: "Generally the simplest answer is the best answer."

Not always. of course, but often enough. YMMV.  :)  And  of course, some anal-obsessive audiophiles are likely to surely disagree.  :)

OTOH, I'm with daveyf, I eventually got a second sub, even before swapping my mono tube amps for a tube integrated.

the addition of a second sub is exponentially harder to set up, with the blend and the correct positioning, than just one sub.

Nope

Connecting monoblock tube amps to single subwoofer

Hello to all, and Happy Friday.

I connected the high level outputs of the VTL monoblocks to the REL5TX. The high level connection was made by running the red and yellow wires separately to the positive terminals to each monoblock, and connecting the black wire to the negative terminal on one of the amps.Happy to report that, at least in my system, no hum. Results may well be different with other components (I run the VTL MB 225 monoblocks, driven by a Rogue 99 Magnum pre) Completely happy with the performance, and hope this may be a solution for others with a similar setup.

@ps   +1000

@ieales   I guess that depends on how you want a pairing to sound, if you just plop them down anywhere, yeah you are right... no problem. ( Nope). OTOH, IF you want an invisible blend with your mains...then yup! 🤔