I set up a pair of NHT Super Zeros in our living room - it's a peaked roof and the acoustics are very good. Although there's a big wall of windows I have the speakers firing away from them and the cushy sofa and rug help absorb the sound.
However, the NHT's are a bit weak on the bass. I bought a powered sub on eBay to compensate. It's Sharper Image, not premium, but I figured if it can generate some decent tight frequencies under 100Hz then it would be decent.
The instructions were sparse but there were two ways to connect it - an RCA cable from the subwoofer output of the receiver (not possible as my old receiver has no sub output), or by wiring the sub in parallel to the main speakers.
You heard that right - parallel. Take two paired wires from the sub and connect them to the main speakers, in addition to the other set of wire pairs already connected.
Now you don't need a Computer Engineering degree from Boston University (go Terriers!) to know that sounds like trouble. Sure enough, as I crank up the volume the protection circuit kicks in and mutes the output.
Why couldn't they wire it such that I run my mains into the sub and then the main speakers run off the sub? That would keep it all serial and maintain a reasonable load on the amp.
Oy.
It's too bad the sub-woofer does not have crossover capability along with the rest of the system. That would void the wire connections you made and allow for a nice spread of sound (both bass and treble) through out the entire room.
Posted by: Bob Danna | March 20, 2006 at 09:46 AM
you might find a similar woofer at the magma group
Posted by: raman | May 27, 2006 at 08:47 AM