Figuring out what to do

[PR Osorio]

Figuring out what to do with a Bose Panaray Mb 4 modular bass loudspeaker, I own a Sony STR-DN840 7.2 CHANNEL HOME THEATER av RECEIVER and a friend has give me the bose mb4 and I don't know how to installed or where is best to used it since the bose has SPEAK ON or SPEAKON connector for the speaker, I need help with it in how is the best way I can add it to my Sony receiver that don't have speakon connections.

 

[lovinthehd]

Free is nice but I don't see how you would use it with your avr. It is a passive unit so would need to be powered by your avr's amp section. It is not a sub nor can it work off the sub pre-out on your avr. You can easily connect it to one of your speaker terminals on your avr (but which channel would be the question, it's not particularly suited to any) by simply taking some speaker wire and adding a speak-on connector to it, they're readily available https://www.parts-express.com/neutrik-nl2fx-speakon-connector-2-pole-cable-mount--092-198

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I’d sell it...
Even if you can hook it up, I wouldn’t say it would be very useful. It’s -10db at 35hz. -3 at 45hz.

 

[BMXTRIX]

In reality, you could hook this up to your LFE output on your receiver, but you would need an external amplifier to drive it, and it is designed to enhance the bass on the tinny, tiny Bose speakers that they normally have. This isn't a subwoofer, and it isn't a full range speaker. If you look at their drawings for the product, it really is designed to be a part of a integrated professional system that uses a mixer with multiple outputs and active signal processing to break off the specific frequency range these specific speakers use.

https://assets.bose.com/content/dam/Bose_DAM/Web/pro/global/products/loudspeakers/Panaray_MB4/Downloads/Manuals/ig_panaray_mb4.pdf

I think, by far, the best advice is to sell this unit and look for an actual subwoofer. Something which pairs properly with your room and your existing speaker setup.

If you do want to give it a try, you could plug it into any output of your Sony.

You can pick up bare wire to speakon cables online pretty easily for under 20 bucks...

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