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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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@mswale I have the foam and cork, if I just stuck it together, could that work?

mswale
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@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. 

grislybutter OP
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@mswale I am pretty intrigued about those pads. I should say I am not in love with the look. But I can keep my eyes closed.

immatthewj
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@grislybutter , I've continued to follow the saga, and my thoughts are, at the moment, that stacking the subs is not going to be the answer that you are looking for.

grislybutter OP
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@immathewj I understood the stacking as the speakers on top of the subs, not the one sub on top of the other sub, which - I agree - does not seem to be a good approach...

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