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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
grislybutter OP
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thanks @immathewj

we were on two different high pass filters, now I get it.

 

immatthewj
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"@thecarpathian

Does the speaker level output on sub1 put out the full signal or a high pass filtered signal?

This was asked before, it puts out the full signal according to my tests and @deep_333"

And, although already asked and answered, I will add that the manual for my old M&K sub (which I realize does not represent all subs) states explicitly that it does not utilize a high pass filter.

 

immatthewj
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thanks @immathewj

we were on two different high pass filters, now I get it.

. . . and both of them basically performing the same function.

grislybutter OP
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yes, and now I know about the impedance but the wattage ... back 1 step

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thecarpathian
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Thanks guys, I totally missed it. So, it would stand to reason sub2 puts out a full signal also.

If that’s the case I believe you can hook it up the way I suggested, like daisy chaining. Don’t know if that’s something you want to try but I’d sure be curious how it works out for you. Seems simpler than buying all that other stuff.

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