I want 2-3 sub woofers. I can DIY it, but have questions.................

death734 · 12-27-2006, 02:17 AM

one thing i like about my subwoofer is it have a input and an output
so i could hook up as many subs as i want
if you want 3+ subs (1 being the sub that came with your system) then my recommendation would be to buy some subs with an input/output so then you can just use a splitter from the computer, 1 end going to the 5.1 system and the other end going to a headphone to rca converter.
then just run the rca wire to the sub in and another from the sub output to the input on another sub and do that as many times as you want. then synchronize the volumes and use the computer volume ajustments

Motoxrdude · 12-27-2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by death734

one thing i like about my subwoofer is it have a input and an output
so i could hook up as many subs as i want
if you want 3+ subs (1 being the sub that came with your system) then my recommendation would be to buy some subs with an input/output so then you can just use a splitter from the computer, 1 end going to the 5.1 system and the other end going to a headphone to rca converter.
then just run the rca wire to the sub in and another from the sub output to the input on another sub and do that as many times as you want. then synchronize the volumes and use the computer volume ajustments

Sorry, it doesn't work like that. You would put a ton of strain on your amp and the ohms would kill it if you didn't wire it all correctly(which, no offense, i dont think ADE would be able to do). That and, connecting the output of an amp to another amp would fry at least one of the amps. Either way, it just won't work, or sound good at all.

heyman421 · 12-27-2006, 03:54 AM

motoxr, stick to motoxng

he's saying the preamp inputs can be strung together

nothing would blow up

Motoxrdude · 12-27-2006, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by heyman421

motoxr, stick to motoxng

he's saying the preamp inputs can be strung together

nothing would blow up

What the hell is motoxng?
ADE said that he wanted to hook up 2-3 subs to one amp, not one sub per amp.

heyman421 · 12-27-2006, 04:49 AM

death734 just said he has an output on his subwoofer, the preamp rca's can be daisychained from one unit to another

he's talking about a self-amplified subwoofer, and linking the preamp signal from the soundcard to multiple subwoofers

it has nothing to do with hooking multiple drivers up to an amp, in fact, it has nothing to do with an amplifier at all

death734 · 12-27-2006, 04:53 AM

its an rca output. not speaker wire. these subwoofers have built in amplifiers
so the computer sends an audio signal, then its split and 1 end go to the subs input then that sub takes the signal and repeats it to the output (you do the same thing with the output in car sub woofer amps)

heyman421 · 12-27-2006, 04:57 AM

i know what you meant, motoxr has some sort of hangup

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12-27-2006, 02:17 AM	#51 (permalink)
death734 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Age: 20 Posts: 116	one thing i like about my subwoofer is it have a input and an output so i could hook up as many subs as i want if you want 3+ subs (1 being the sub that came with your system) then my recommendation would be to buy some subs with an input/output so then you can just use a splitter from the computer, 1 end going to the 5.1 system and the other end going to a headphone to rca converter. then just run the rca wire to the sub in and another from the sub output to the input on another sub and do that as many times as you want. then synchronize the volumes and use the computer volume ajustments

12-27-2006, 03:54 AM	#53 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	motoxr, stick to motoxng he's saying the preamp inputs can be strung together nothing would blow up

12-27-2006, 04:49 AM	#55 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	death734 just said he has an output on his subwoofer, the preamp rca's can be daisychained from one unit to another he's talking about a self-amplified subwoofer, and linking the preamp signal from the soundcard to multiple subwoofers it has nothing to do with hooking multiple drivers up to an amp, in fact, it has nothing to do with an amplifier at all

12-27-2006, 04:53 AM	#56 (permalink)
death734 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Age: 20 Posts: 116	its an rca output. not speaker wire. these subwoofers have built in amplifiers so the computer sends an audio signal, then its split and 1 end go to the subs input then that sub takes the signal and repeats it to the output (you do the same thing with the output in car sub woofer amps)

12-27-2006, 04:57 AM	#57 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	i know what you meant, motoxr has some sort of hangup