Jack Dotson
29-01-2005, 04:47 PM
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> "Tom Lavier" <tlavierNO@SPAMsympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>> Hi guys, I have an RCA RT2500 receiver that was originally part of a 700
>> watt home theatre system in a box. It came with a 200 watt passive
>> subwoofer. I got a new active subwoofer for Christmas and hooked it up
>> to
>> the same speaker wire that was going to the old passive sub instead of
>> the
>> rca connector that says sub because I already had the wiring run.
>>
>> My question is, am I doing any potential harm to the subwoofer having it
>> hooked up in this manner? My worry is that the receiver is amplifying
>> the
>> LFE thinking it's going to the same passive sub when it's going to the
>> new
>> 150watt powered sub.
>>
>> Does anyone see anything wrong with this? It sounds great but I am
> worried
>> that it's hooked up incorrectly.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> If your old sub had a 200 watt amp then it was an active, not passive sub.
> If you mean that the amp was in the receiver and you're feeding an
> amplified
> signal to your new sub, the just hook your connector up to the speaker
> level connector, not the line input. Doesnt matter if its right or left
> NEVER hook up an amped signal to a line input unless you want a very
> expensive paperweight on your hands
By 200 watt passive sub, it probably just indicates the subs power handling
capacity and it sounds like it was powered by your receiver. Many subs will
accept both types of inputs, check the manual on your sub. Even if the
speaker level is amplified the sub was designed to handle it. Hooking up an
amplified speaker to subs equipped to handle it will not damage it.
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> "Tom Lavier" <tlavierNO@SPAMsympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:BFlDd.29122$7n1.1069197@news20.bellglobal.com ...
>> Hi guys, I have an RCA RT2500 receiver that was originally part of a 700
>> watt home theatre system in a box. It came with a 200 watt passive
>> subwoofer. I got a new active subwoofer for Christmas and hooked it up
>> to
>> the same speaker wire that was going to the old passive sub instead of
>> the
>> rca connector that says sub because I already had the wiring run.
>>
>> My question is, am I doing any potential harm to the subwoofer having it
>> hooked up in this manner? My worry is that the receiver is amplifying
>> the
>> LFE thinking it's going to the same passive sub when it's going to the
>> new
>> 150watt powered sub.
>>
>> Does anyone see anything wrong with this? It sounds great but I am
> worried
>> that it's hooked up incorrectly.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> If your old sub had a 200 watt amp then it was an active, not passive sub.
> If you mean that the amp was in the receiver and you're feeding an
> amplified
> signal to your new sub, the just hook your connector up to the speaker
> level connector, not the line input. Doesnt matter if its right or left
> NEVER hook up an amped signal to a line input unless you want a very
> expensive paperweight on your hands
By 200 watt passive sub, it probably just indicates the subs power handling
capacity and it sounds like it was powered by your receiver. Many subs will
accept both types of inputs, check the manual on your sub. Even if the
speaker level is amplified the sub was designed to handle it. Hooking up an
amplified speaker to subs equipped to handle it will not damage it.