Home Stereo Question

[Wire Weasel]

I have a typical old school home stereo with an integrated components amp, separate CD player & equalizer plugged in. Have two large A channel speakers and two smaller ones for the B side.

Can I add a subwoofer to this stereo? If so, would it be a self-powered type or something and what would it connect to on the stereo? There are no outputs set aside for a subwoofer.

Thanks for any help!

 

[fnkycoldmedina]

you would need a passive subwoofer. one that is powered by the speaker leads themselves.

i use one in my work van ...an old radio shack down firing 10 or 12 .
it has a crossover network inside that directs to lows to the sub and the mid and highs are sent back out to your speakers .

you hook your speaker leads to the sub on the input side ,then you use the sub outputs to run to your front speakers .

you could also get a powered sub that does the same ,just be sure it has speaker level inputs and outputs.

 

[Wire Weasel]

I thank ya Funky!

 

[Robb]

Actually, you will need a passive crossover tuned for 150hz and below. Feed the amplifier output to this crossover. The output will split up in two directions: one will got to one of your regular speaker, and the other to the sub. A 12db Butterworth-type x-over is sufficient.

 

[Wire Weasel]

Thanks Robb !