Subwoofer newbie question

[Toy]

I have a Str-DH550 avr (5.2) and two PSW10. In the AVR there’s two Sub out connections and in the subs they only have Line in connections. (Pictures added)


My question is, am I fine connecting a male to two male Ysplitter? Or what do you recommend me doing instead.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Are you referring to using both connections on the subs? That won’t do anything but raise the input sensitivity so I wouldn’t bother with that. Just run two sub cables. One to each sub. Choose left or right. It won’t matter.

 

[Toy]

Thank you!

 

[lovinthehd]

Also dial the low pass filter to max value on the subs when using your avr's bass management; sometimes one of the sub inputs will be designated LFE to do this automatically, but turning it up to max value is a good precaution (I briefly looked at a manual and it had two connection methods and one was an LFE input your sub doesn't have....that may have been a different incarnation of the PSW10 than you've got). As William said, there is usually a 6dB gain advantage if using both L/R inputs on a sub, but unless you're having issues with low signal from your avr, but this shouldn't be a worry with most.

 

[Toy]

I appreciate the information and quick replies from William and lovinthehd. I’m going ahead and doing it like William has stated using a straight male to male subwoofer cable and choosing the L/R input on my sub.

 

[lovinthehd]

There's good articles here, like these depending how much you want to get involved. http://www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-setup

ps welcome to the forums and happy holidaze! What's first up on the new setup?

 

[elf1]

I am new to the subwoofer world and can use some advice on connecting two Rythmik L12. The subs are for music only. I want to connect to old Audio Research SP6 preamp and from there to power amp. My question is this. Do I connect one sub to left channel of preamp and the other sub to the right channel? Is there a better way to make the connection?
Thanks for any advice
Ed