CECAA850 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm in the process of re-working my outdoor patio stereo. Part of the new set up will be to include a subwoofer. My receiver will have high level outputs only. The sub amp will accept high level outputs and has inputs for the L and R channels. Here's the question. Due to the distance between the two speakers, I'm tempted to only use one speaker input to the sub amp. Will I loose much bass content that way? In other words, are there times that there is less bass on one channel than the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 you bet, ever listen to the Beatles? Best regards Moray James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Use both channels. I buy two pair 14 guage for stuff like that. Makes it simpler:Monoprice CL2 4-Conductor Cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 I've got a really long run in a really bad spot. I was hoping that no one would say what Moray did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Next question, can I run all that parallel or do I need to run everything in and out of the sub amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Actually that depends on the sub and your speakers. If you have a sub which has a built in fixed high pass filter, you may find you do not like the crossover point it is set at. If you have speakers capable of low frequencies, and the sub crossover is -18db at 120hz, then you are taking a lot of the punch away from those speakers. On the other hand, you have to ask what detrimental effect having no HPF on the speakers would be. I am not sure about the answer to that. What outdoor speakers and sub are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ69 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 you bet, ever listen to the Beatles? Best regards Moray James. Moray is right but it is very rare to have bass tracks in just one channel, the Beatles did it but they did it just because they could, nobody thought it was a good idea in retrospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-man Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 In my dad's HT, I had a similar problem in that the sub needed to be in the back of the room, and we didn't want to run cable front-back-front (receiver and mains in the front). All receivers are unique, but I was able to wire the powered sub to the "Speaker B" terminals (both channels) and it seems to work. It's been going on that way for over 8 years and no problems. Since the B speakers are powered, the Denon doesn't seem to recognize them as a power sucking connection and thus cut the power to the mains. Works in stereo, dolby digital, etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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