Quick subwoofer question.

[xsnv]

Hey guys, i've got an eltax atomic 10.2 sub with both a sub in and speaker terminals. I've only got a stereo amp though so i'm forced to use the speaker terminals. My question is this:

Do I connect the sub using the low or high frequency? On the back of the sub it says HF but i've heard people suggest using the low frequency.

Also, is it possible to purchase sound cards with dedicated sub out's for a 2.1 speaker configuration?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Matblack]

Hey guys, i've got an eltax atomic 10.2 sub with both a sub in and speaker terminals. I've only got a stereo amp though so i'm forced to use the speaker terminals. My question is this:

Do I connect the sub using the low or high frequency? On the back of the sub it says HF but i've heard people suggest using the low frequency.


You can't use the low freq ins unless you have a dedicated sub out on the amp, with the high freq ins you are using the subs internal crossover to pick out the sub bass freq and pass the others on the speakers

Also, is it possible to purchase sound cards with dedicated sub out's for a 2.1 speaker configuration?

Yes, but you will still need to amp the stereo channels

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[xsnv]

Thanks man. Wired them up the right way now. Bass sounds a lot more taut and "controlled" and my room dosen't rattle every time i put some music on

One last noob question; what does the phase (0 to 180 degrees) do and how does it affect the sub?

Thanks again.

 

[Matblack]

Thanks man. Wired them up the right way now. Bass sounds a lot more taut and "controlled" and my room dosen't rattle every time i put some music on

One last noob question; what does the phase (0 to 180 degrees) do and how does it affect the sub?

Thanks again.

Phase is needed to counter positioning in some cases.

You might know from physics that waves can cancel each other out, this happens more with longer waves as they have more chance to coinside. Where you sub is playing some of the same notes as you mid range speakers you may find some freqs are less powerfull because of this, particulaly is the sub is positioned at a different distance or firing in a different plane.

Phase lets you alter the phase of the sub to prevent this, play with it and see if it sounds better in one position or another.

MB

 

[xsnv]

Thanks.