Subwoofer has the bare wire connections-my new av receiver-hdmi commections. would this carry correct sound to a subwoofer attached via speaker wire?
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Juan is correct. Your subwoofer is probably unpowered, unless it has its own power cord. This receiver port that this connecter uses does not power the subwoofer, so you will not hear the signal through the speaker.
138522
it woudldent work becasue your subwoofer needs power (an amplified signal) and the power is carried through speaker wire, if you use this "adapter" the male lfe terminal is getting a un-amplified signal (signal with no power)
1602893
That never seem to present as a problem. The 4 wires represent 2 pair (+,-) for left and right channels, and I just wired it to the same external speakers in parallel I have with my sound system. I have found the same result if I had wired an amplified subwoofer to my outputs either through the dedicated subwoofer channels, or tap into the speakers themselves.
167419
I did significant research on this connection for my AV server and my analysis concluded that a Y-RCA cable was not needed nor was it recommended. My sub sounds quite impressive with both movies and music. I do suggest that you use a high quality shielded RCA cable.
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I believe with this receiver, the sub gets connected with a coaxial cable. Even though there are two coax outputs for sub, my sub only has one input so I use the right output. I don't believe there is a way to use positive and negative connection wires (speaker wire) to the sub unless you get some kind of low-high level converter converting the wires from the sub to the required input on the amp
1409509
Yes, that is correct. You need one rca cable from your denon out and connect it to the input marked as 'sub in'.
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There is no direct way to connect a passive Sub-woofer to this AV Receiver. You have a few choice though (and I don't know the exact details of your Kenwoods as there are few models with HTIB). One: you can use an active cross-over on the speaker lines going to the front channels and then use a low pass option to drive your sub (wire the others directly to front) or two: you can purchase a separate monoblock type amplifier to drive the SubWoofer or three: buy an active (powered) subwoofer. Assuming you don't want to replace the Kenwood with an active device, I suggest option two. See here for low-cost options:
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That unit is not really designed with a subwoofer output however you could use the Pre out to send the signal to the sub but it will send all the frequencies to it along with sub frequencies. The other way is to use hi level in and out from the raw wire speaker outs. This acts as a pass through and carries the signal through the sub and out onto your speakers.
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No, you will need to provide the speaker wire. I bought 16 ga Monster Cable because I was separating the speakers by quite a distance and wanted the best conductors I could get. Also, you will have to provide the wire from the subwoofer to your receiver. The speakers really sound great.
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The subwoofer outputs use RCA style connectors, all other speaker outputs are screw/banana plug type. So you can insert bare speaker wire and screw it up tight or attach your wires to banana plugs and insert those. Banana plugs don't provide any extra contact or quality, so don't be fooled into buying expensive ones. I get great sound from a pack of 20 I bought for $10, and chose to do so only because it's easier to insert and remove them.
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I don't know about "safely," but no, this is not what you want. If your receiver has a single RCA output jack for a sub, it wants to see an audio/instrument/signal cable, not a speaker wire/cable. If your subwoofer has speaker-level ins, then you want to connect them to the speaker jacks on your receiver with a speaker wire. If your sub has a single RCA-style LFE input, it wants to see a (shielded) audio cable, not a speaker cable, and it should be connected to the sngle sub/LFE output on a receiver. It sounds like you are trying to mix signal types here because your receiver doesn't have the kind of output that your sub needs, and you don't want to do that. I don't know about "safely," but no, this is not what you want. If your receiver has a single RCA output jack for a sub, it wants to see an audio/instrument/signal cable, not a speaker wire/cable. If your subwoofer has speaker-level ins, then you want to connect them to the speaker jacks on your receiver with a speaker wire. If your sub has a single RCA-style LFE input, it wants to see a (shielded) audio cable, not a speaker cable, and it should be connected to the sngle sub/LFE output on a receiver. It sounds like you are trying to mix signal types here because your receiver... » Read More I don't know about "safely," but no, this is not what you want. If your receiver has a single RCA output jack for a sub, it wants to see an audio/instrument/signal cable, not a speaker wire/cable. If your subwoofer has speaker-level ins, then you want to connect them to the speaker jacks on your receiver with a speaker wire. If your sub has a single RCA-style LFE input, it wants to see a (shielded) audio cable, not a speaker cable, and it should be connected to the sngle sub/LFE output on a receiver. It sounds like you are trying to mix signal types here because your receiver doesn't have the kind of output that your sub needs, and you don't want to do that. « Show Less
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Wire your speakers normal. But drop the resistance on the sub. It should push it no problem
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"no" you only have to use the positive red input , in the back of your subwoofer . so if you have a double white & red rca cable ? just use positive output ( red ) out from receiver to red input on subb.!! red to red !! one cable is all you need !!
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In theory yes, a regular rca cable can be used to connect a subwoofer to a receiver...but...as someone who tied it, I would not recommend using this cable for that purpose. The subwoofer has frequencies that a true subwoofer cable carries. Spend a bit more money and purchase a true subwoofer cable (in Amazon search: Monster subwoofer cabke). BTW In some connections the rca cable (left or right cabke doesn't matter) will not transmit any audio to the sub.
555180
I think it will work for this unit but not with the wires in the box. You may have to buy separate wires that have the subwoofer wires but those are not included in the box.
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No connection for a sub-woofer; however, there is a bass system in the unit that is unlike any other. If you wanted to connect an external sub-woofer, you could always use an HDMI cable to connect it directly to your TV.
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No the sub is not wireless and there is 10 feet of white speaker cable to wire the other speakers from the subwoofer. Yes there are two HDMI's and AV-In and AV-Out. I have my BluRay player connected to the AV-In and HDTV connected to the AV-Out. I also have my TV optic out plugged into the optic port. So when playing my BluRay, it goes through the HDMI. When I play my TV or other HDMI inputs on my TV, the sound goes through the optical. The remote can be used to select either BD/DVD or TV.
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If you had more matched satelite speakers you could insert their bare wires into the clip ports on the subwoofer along with those of the two included satelites. I have no idea what the result would be, as this is a complete set, and works outstandingly as originally designed.