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this is about me being a loser and problem creator.

I finally got a 2nd subwoofer and I was excited to hook it up. Well, not too excited. I knew it would be a pain to hook it up. I was excited to hear it. I spent over 90 minutes connecting the speaker wires to my power amp. When I turned it on, the left channel was gone. It blew the fuse. I disconnected everything, replaced the fuse, hooked it up again. It worked for 10 seconds, blew the fuse again.

The way I hooked them up was I went from the sub speaker out from both subwoofers, rolled the left and right side wires together so I had 4 wires that I connected to the left and right plus and minus channels - speaker binders on the power amp. What are my options? My preamp has no sub out. Nor my amp.

Stupid question: should I just go from left to left on one sub and right to right on the other sub?

grislybutter
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The way I hooked them up was I went from the sub speaker out from both subwoofers, rolled the left and right side wires together so I had 4 wires that I connected to the left and right plus and minus channels - speaker binders on the power amp. 

Uh, what?  I’m blowing a fuse just trying to figure out what you were trying to do and why it took 90 minutes.

grislybutter OP
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I believe it's irrelevant to the question why it took me 90 minutes.

But if wondering about it is amusing to you, wonder away.

rhg3
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Yes, I think that “ left to left on one sub and right to right on the other sub?” will work better. I’m doing that with an extra pair of RCA outputs on my preamp to my left and right sub.

grislybutter OP
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thanks @rhg3!

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akg_ca
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https://audiocurious.com/high-level-input-vs-low-level-input/
https://theaterdiy.com/subwoofer-high-level-inputs-vs-rca/P

 

Have you considered using the hi level inputs in the subwoofer? Read the links. .

 

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