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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
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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curiousjim
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Hey grizz,

 I have a set of AQ rca y adapters you can borrow. PM me if you’re interested.

grislybutter OP
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thank you @curiousjim! I will message you

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thecarpathian
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@immatthewj

That, my friend is the question. I've no idea if it would sound better or worse. That's simply how I'd do it. Can't win a prize if you don't buy a ticket!

grislybutter OP
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@immathewj

A follow up...

So I have not been happy with it, for several reasons.

It sounds good from the sweetspot. From everywhere else, it’s a mess. It sounded significantly better with one sub.

Because of the room and furniture, I have no way of placing the subs anywhere else, other than further to the right and left 1 or 2 feet.

The high pass filter will arrive next week and I will try that.

The lessons learned is that when there are conflicting statements (below) trust your ear. Don’t listen to the experts. (Not that they don’t know infinitely more or don’t mean well, but they are not in your room, and don’t have your limitations.) The whole setup and room are so specific, if it sounds good, and changing it makes it worse, be a coward devil go back to what you liked. Enjoy the music, not the gear.

"get a sub".

"one sub is not enough. get at least two. or four"

"get a high pass/low pass filter"

"don’t have any overlap in the bass"

"don’t add a high pass filter to a full range speaker?"

(and yes, all of these statements can be true,

Attached is the current setup. I still don’t know if the sub is supposed to get full signa as before or just left or right.

I know a lot more than the beginning of this thread. But still not enough to make meaningful improvements. High level vs low level; high pass filter or low, no filter, I still don’t see the obvious preferences.

 

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