speakers and cables
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?
@mswale yes it’s like an animal farm, the more you have, the more it continues to cost. Kind of like when I walk into a rich person’s house, my first thought "nice but I would not want to pay the utility bills!" Since you sound like a vibration guy, how would I stack them? What would I put between the subs and the speakers? |
Still working on my vibration solution. This stuff gets stupid expensive. A little piece of metal with a few springs, $600 EACH! For the subs, you got to find a spot where they add bass, but not standing waves. A corner of the room, or in the middle of the speaker is a good starting point. I found these cheap little squares, they are under a lot of my equipment. Put them under the footers of the subs, if you stack, put them between the 2 subs as well. They work surprisingly well. ISO pads |
@mswale I have the foam and cork, if I just stuck it together, could that work? |
Not sure about that stuff. It might be too squishy. The link provided is made for equipment vibration. Like I said, it has worked wonders for me. Really is one of the bargains out there for this kind of stuff. |
