Sub woofer Port Question

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uglycustoomer

Audiophyte
Hey guys,

I recently purchased a Martin Logan MLT-2 5.1 Home Theater System.

On the back of the sub woofer are 2 port. One is Red and above it says "Low Level Input" and to the left of it says "LFE-IN/Right In." Below the Red port is a white port that says "Left In."

I have paired this system with an Onkyo NR-509.

My question, which port do i use? I am afraid that if i plug the RCA cable into the wrong port that it will mess up my sub woofer.

Thanks in advance for your replies!
 
Adam

Adam

Audioholic Jedi
Hi, and welcome to the forum!

You'll want to connect the subwoofer output on the Onkyo to the "LFE-IN/Right In" port.

Btw, you won't hurt the sub if you plug it into the "Left In" jack, but it might not sound quite as good.
 
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uglycustoomer

Audiophyte
Thanks Adam for the reply and i will be sure to plug in the RCA cable to the "LFE-in/Right In" on the back of my sub.

What is the difference between the two ports anyways?
 
Adam

Adam

Audioholic Jedi
MartinLogan was just trying to have options available for people.

If you have a receiver like yours, then you can have the receiver manage which frequencies go to the sub and which go to the other speakers. I think that's the best. When that's the case, you'd want to use the subwoofer output on the receiver and the LFE (low frequency effects) input on your sub.

If you don't have a subwoofer output on the receiver but instead have a set of left/right analog pre-amp outputs, then you could connect those to the left/right inputs on the sub. Then, you'd use the low pass filter control on the sub to manage which frequencies the sub would play.

Not all subs have inputs labeled "LFE." Some will say in the manual which input (if it matters) to plug the subwoofer output from a receiver into. Other subs have an LFE input that bypasses the sub's internal low pass filter (I don't think that yours does that). So, there are different options available out there.

In short - your receiver will handle figuring out which frequencies go where, so you're in good shape connecting to that LFE input. I would set the sub's low pass filter control to the highest possible number - that's to make it so that the sub doesn't filter out frequencies that you want it to play.
 
Adam

Adam

Audioholic Jedi
You're welcome - and I hope that you enjoy your new set up!
 
Adam

Adam

Audioholic Jedi
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the boring thread.

:D
 

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