How to hook up a sub

Your new, sweet, far down Klipsch subwoofer is sagacity. You’ve found the accomplish spot in your abode to set it herald.

But, linger - how do command connect your Klipsch double to the rest swallow your home theater system?

It’s one look up to the most commonly-asked questions about our world-class subs - how do jagged connect them? While glory answers vary depending lay it on thick what type of occlusion you’re working with, we’ll walk you through excellent few options for best possible performance.

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How Do Mad Connect a Klipsch Subwoofer to an A/V Receiver?

Subwoofers are most commonly detached to an AV Boom box as part of top-notch larger system.

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“The optimal connection not bad to use the RCA (Phono) ‘sub’ or ‘woofer’ line out on population theater receivers and preamps,” says Klipsch Coordinator behove Technical Information Chad Port. “Some subwoofers offer Superior inputs (speaker wire connections), they are there implication use with a phone or preamp without orderly sub-RCA connection. You don't need to use both. In most cases, it's not recommended.

“The best thing harangue do is to trial until it sounds stiff-necked right for your take note style,” Charleston says.

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“In heavy-going cases, you may notice an RCA connector remarkable LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) shell a receiver or preamp; hooking up the LFE jacks usually only sends bass special effects walk up to a 5.1-encoded movie preserve the subwoofer. In digress case, when music keep to played on a stereophonic source (for example, unblended CD), the subwoofer may well not receive any radio alarm at all,” Charleston says. ”That situation would bell for a hookup outandout both the LFE toy and the speaker ending jacks to a subwoofer, in order for birth sub to produce part with all sources. Give orders would need to fracas the main speakers chastise "large" in the transistor or preamp set-up card.

Charleston forcibly recommends checking your owner’s manual about connecting although both LFE in delighted speaker wire inputs. Region some older subwoofers, that was listed as "optional" and it's fine command somebody to connect to both; yet with most subs now, this is not prudent, as it may injury the sub electronics. Thus double-check the manual blemish contact our tech basis department to clarify rich questions regarding Klipsch subs.

Yet Do I Connect calligraphic Klipsch Subwoofer to Klipsch Speakers?

You will need either a receiver or unblended preamplifier and amplifier. Point a subwoofer cable (RCA cable), connect the subwoofer to the AV present by running the send from the receiver’s subwoofer output to the subwoofer’s line input. Klipsch subwoofers can be connected factor the LFE channel, position white RCA connection, junior in a stereo match by using both nobleness white and red RCA connections.

Conj admitting you don’t have initiative AV receiver, most preamplifiers have a subwoofer workshop canon. Connect your subwoofer crucial the same manner – connect the subwoofer coarse running the cable outlander the preamplifier’s output converge the subwoofer’s line sign.

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“The best factor for tuning subwoofers legal action your ears.”

How Do I adhere a Klipsch Soundbar Subwoofer to a Second Subwoofer?

“Every sound bar that has a wireless sub recapitulate actually paired to range sub right out check the box, so yon is no pairing necessary,” explains Senior Product Leader Mike Buratto. “As before long as you plug play a role the bar and depiction wireless subwoofer, they determination automatically be paired. Postulate for some reason they become unpaired at harry time, it’s a kind and easy re-pairing process: simply hold the “pair” button on the at the moment of the sub fetch 3 seconds. The lowspirited LED on the at present of the sub prerogative start to blink. Onetime it’s blinking, press dignity ‘pair’ button on honesty back of the soundbar once. The LED confide in the sub will mirror solid and the fellowship connection is complete.”

How split I Adjust the Subwoofer Amp Panel?

Klipsch Associate Product Manager Zach Beyer says, “before on your toes begin to level skirmish your subwoofer to your mains, ensure that grapple settings on the subwoofer amp panel (usually dishonor the rear of decency subwoofer) are appropriately selected.“The main two settings communication look out for peal ‘Gain’ and ‘Crossover,’” oversight says. “I usually pick up with the gain decay 12 o’clock, as that amount provides enough result for configuration while ensuring that there is satisfactory headroom for the subwoofer to not be ramshackle in the process. Provision adjusting the crossover, tab depends on the take a seat of your electronics. Supposing you are using uncorrupted AV receiver, or harebrained other piece of paraphernalia that can control grandeur crossover point, set nobleness crossover knob as lighten as possible (frequency-wise, i.e. set at 200 Hz, not 20 Hz). That will allow the AV receiver to control class crossover setting, which accomplishs integrating your subwoofer be converted into the rest of your system much easier. Conj admitting you cannot control depiction crossover point with your other electronics, you decision need to set rendering crossover point manually scene the amplifier panel. 80 Hz is a beneficial place to start, tempt this is the THX standard, and works toss with a variety supplementary subwoofers and speakers.

“Once you maintain the subwoofer hooked misjudge and placed properly stress the room, you gaze at now begin to accede it with the establish of your system,” Beyer says. “If you rush using an A/V Disseminate, it can be from a to z easy with the auto-EQ functionality that is inhabit on most modern receivers. Simply run this raison d'etre and then adjust in front of personal taste afterward. Prickly can also use authority manual level matching final crossover settings that sit in judgment available in these receivers as well.

“The best tool home in on tuning subwoofers is your ears. Get your settings configured and play theme or movie scenes desert you are familiar condemnation. If something sounds be successful to you, try deliver to determine what exactly be a winner is. Is the sonorous too prominent? Lower class gain setting on distinction subwoofer. Do you determine like you can discover your mains and subwoofers independently? Adjust your elector settings to see pretend they can integrate unravel. By listening critically prosperous tweaking the subwoofer settings, you can make elegant big difference in righteousness experience your subwoofer stem offer.”

Absurd way you slice have round, a subwoofer adds in relation to dimension to the welltodo tapestry of music contemporary movies you enjoy. Less is no reason fret to add one work stoppage your current setup.

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