Newbie Subwoofer question
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 1 Registered: Dec-06 | Excuse my lack of knowledge about HT. I just bought a Panasonic SA-XR57S 7.1 receiver to replace the receiver on my Panasonic SC-HT740 Home Theater System and while connecting it realized that there is no plugs for me to connect the speaker wire of the subwoofer to it. Instead it has a sub out which I need to use a monaural cable to connect. What are my options here? Can I convert the speaker wire to a monaural cable? My system is no where close to the setups you have here but since I am low on funds I would like to know if there is a way at least temporarly for me to get this to work before I have to go out and buy a subwoofer. If there isn't can someone recommend a cheap subwoofer that will work with my receiver? Your help or comments are greatly appreciated. The receiver has 100W per channel. The sub is 4ohms and 320 watt. |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 474 Registered: Dec-06 | Can you explain this to me? What is the subwoofer? How are you wanting to hook it up? More info helps a lot. What are the inputs on the subwoofer? I'm not quite getting your words. |
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 2 Registered: Dec-06 | my setup is pretty much the Panasonic SC-HT740 Home Theater System. But then I replaced the receiver with the Panasonic SA-XR57S 7.1 receiver. The subwoofer is the one that came with the previous system and is a wired subwoofer with no power. It is the general speaker wire, negative and positive. The receiver has a subwoofer out plug. When reading the manaul it says I need a monaural cable but my subwoofer doesn't have a plug for this, only speaker wires which once connected to my old receiver. I just want to be able to connect the current subwoofer to the receiver without having to go out and buy once since I am low on funds because of christmas. |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 476 Registered: Dec-06 | Oh it's a passive subwoofer. Do you have the old receiver? If you do you can use it to power the subwoofer. I can also explain how to do that. |
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 3 Registered: Dec-06 | I don't. Is my only other option is to just get a new subwoofer? |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 477 Registered: Dec-06 | Yes it is. All you need to do is tell me your budget and what you will be using the subwoofer for, then I can make some recommendations. |
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 4 Registered: Dec-06 | My current setup is mostly for movies and games. Everything is connected via HDMI. My budget is around 100-150 atm. Thanks for you help. |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 478 Registered: Dec-06 | Ok, np, I also need to know what local stores you have access to, and if you might consider ordering online. |
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 5 Registered: Dec-06 | I'm in NYC. So just about all the electronic stores here (Bestbuy,Circuit City, J&R, B&H). I just bought my receiver from J&R. I usually buy everything online though. |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 479 Registered: Dec-06 | Well with the budget I'd recommend you get a Sony subwoofer that sells for $100. If you can handle it, you could try stepping up to The next Sony Model. I can't find one review that puts them down except for they're saying "Can't beat it for the price!" It should provide a good improvement over the sub that was in your other system. |
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 6 Registered: Dec-06 | Thanks again Andre. I will search online and do some research on those. |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 482 Registered: Dec-06 | If you can afford it IMO (in my opinion) the Paradigm PDR-series or some Klipsch's will will definitely beat out Sony. |
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 7 Registered: Dec-06 | So far these are the candidates. I am not trying to build a full blown out system till I buy a house. I was reading that the Onkyo was a better woofer. I can probably get B&H to price match the 99.99 price in J&R (out of stock though). http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=SOSAWM250&is=REG&Q= &O=productlist&sku=316908 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=430847 &is=REG&addedTroughType=search |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 484 Registered: Dec-06 | From what I saw it looks like the Onkyo will win in that price range for performance. As you said you want to wait until you move into a house so I think the Onkyo will provide all you need until then! |
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Bronze Member Username: MuttlySt. Paul, MN America Post Number: 14 Registered: Dec-06 | money, does that pic of your 1MM db spk include specs or is it a stage prop? lol |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 505 Registered: Dec-06 | ??WHAT??? |
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Bronze Member Username: MuttlySt. Paul, MN America Post Number: 15 Registered: Dec-06 | wasnt that your spk posted w/ multi drivers? |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 508 Registered: Dec-06 | I never posted anything I own except some artwork. |
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New member Username: Bmartinez76Post Number: 8 Registered: Dec-06 | I ended holding off on the subwoofer since the Onkyo was sold out at J&R and B&H was selling it for $30 more. Then while searching craigslist someone was selling a Cerwin Vega sub with the center,left, and right speakers and 2 infinity surround speakers for 150. I negotiated with them and got it down to 125 for all 5 speakers. Now I have a 7.1 setup at home, granted it is not the best but everything is digital sound using HDMI passthrough on my receiver. I just rearranged everything last night, will be dusting off tonight and finishing the setup. So far it is what I want and sounds really nice. http://mysite.verizon.net/bmartinez76/images/homesetup1.jpg http://mysite.verizon.net/bmartinez76/images/homesetup2.jpg http://mysite.verizon.net/bmartinez76/images/homesetup3.jpg http://mysite.verizon.net/bmartinez76/images/homesetup4.jpg http://mysite.verizon.net/bmartinez76/images/homesetup5.jpg http://mysite.verizon.net/bmartinez76/images/homesetup6.jpg |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU... Post Number: 569 Registered: Dec-06 | Oh that's fine, I myself just purchased a Seismic 10 powered subwoofer from Paradigm. I only spent 3 hours setting it up and everything is so realistic and full sounding now! I definitely love this sub. I'm currently listening to to One Blood by T.I. and I can definitely feel the percussion. It also blends in very well. Anyway good luck with your setup. It looks nice. I hope it sounds great and really excites you! OMG a picture just fell off the wall!!! OMG I have to go now be back later! AAgggh...!!! |
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