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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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llg98ljk
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Grisly, I have not read through this whole lengthy discussion but I did see the post about an amp switcher, If this is still in play, may I suggest one called Solupeak P2.

It is an Amazon choice item, currently priced at $66.40 and has no meters. I purchased one to switch between my big (old) Yamaha and my Emotiva A2 amps.

It works like a charm and appears to be of decent quality. So far, has worked flawlessly in my system.

grislybutter OP
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@llg98ljk

that looks reasonable does it have an A+B setting or just A or B?

grislybutter OP
3,002 posts
 

@thecarpathian I tried everything you guys suggested :)

Even what nobody ever suggested or advised against...

mswale
77 posts
 

so the High-pass RCA link is the simplest, it's a plug that has the filter inside? All the signal that comes out of it is above 100Hz? Reading the reviews, it's simple and effective.

Yes, that is what it does, blocks everything below 100hz. Just plug it in on the RCA cable. 

immatthewj
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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.

@thecarpathian , but why (or how) would that sound any better than the way @grisly is already hooked up?

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