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to: WILL THOMPSON
from: PAUL WILSON
date: 1996-06-04 13:00:00
subject: Re: Subwoofer Hookup?

 -=> Quoting Will Thompson to All <=-
 WT> I want to use the subwoofer only from a 3 piece Sat/Sub system.  I'll
 WT> hook my full-range bookshelf speakers normally as Speakers A and the
 WT> subwoofer to Speakers B and not use the sub's built-in crossover & sat.
 WT> output. Should the sat speaker output be terminated with a 8 ohm
 WT> resister as a load for proper operation of the subwoofer?  I don't want
 WT> to kill it's crossover if it needs to "see" a 8 ohm load there and I
 WT> don't want to use the little sat. speakers.  What's right?
 WT> Thanks in advance,  Will
 As long as your sub has a passive crossover, you won't have to terminate
 the sattelite outputs. Hell unless it's self powered you should NEVER have
 to resistorize.
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