Sub woofer connection question

[Jumpem]

My powered sub I have had for a long time has L and R inputs. The receiver I purchased simply has a single plug for sub woofer output. What sort of cable do I need to make this work?

Also, are banana plugs worth the effort, or am I fine simply connecting speaker cable to the terminals on the receiver?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

If it's just two low-level RCA inputs on the sub, just connect one of them to the receiver. Usually Left is recommended in manuals. Unless you have trouble with an auto-on feature of the sub where the signal is too weak with just the one input, then this one connection should be all you need.

I've found banana plugs to be useful since I tend to change things up fairly often to the ease of that connection type was a benefit to me, but connecting the bare speaker wire directly would work fine as well.

 

[Jumpem]

Ok, thanks for the info. 🙂

One more question... speaker wire... is 18G adequate, or should I order 12G?

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Jumpem
Ok, thanks for the info. 🙂

One more question... speaker wire... is 18G adequate, or should I order 12G?

how long are you running the wire? You are probably ok with 18G, I just prefer 12G. No matter what, the speaker wire is pretty inexpensive (should be around or less than 50 cents per foot).

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
how long are you running the wire? You are probably ok with 18G, I just prefer 12G. No matter what, the speaker wire is pretty inexpensive (should be around or less than 50 cents per foot).

Rear speaker wire would end up being ~25ft.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Tiamat
how long are you running the wire? You are probably ok with 18G, I just prefer 12G. No matter what, the speaker wire is pretty inexpensive (should be around or less than 50 cents per foot).

Rear speaker wire would end up being ~25ft.

I'm sorry, I can't find the website that lists distance for gauge. If you want to be safe, 12ga is overkill and usually no more than 50 cents per foot. If you want, you can get 14ga or 16ga from home depot for ultra cheap and I am pretty sure you will be fine.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Tiamat
how long are you running the wire? You are probably ok with 18G, I just prefer 12G. No matter what, the speaker wire is pretty inexpensive (should be around or less than 50 cents per foot).

Rear speaker wire would end up being ~25ft.

I'm sorry, I can't find the website that lists distance for gauge. If you want to be safe, 12ga is overkill and usually no more than 50 cents per foot. If you want, you can get 14ga or 16ga from home depot for ultra cheap and I am pretty sure you will be fine.

Is this the one you were thinking about, or something else?
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Tiamat
how long are you running the wire? You are probably ok with 18G, I just prefer 12G. No matter what, the speaker wire is pretty inexpensive (should be around or less than 50 cents per foot).

Rear speaker wire would end up being ~25ft.

I'm sorry, I can't find the website that lists distance for gauge. If you want to be safe, 12ga is overkill and usually no more than 50 cents per foot. If you want, you can get 14ga or 16ga from home depot for ultra cheap and I am pretty sure you will be fine.

Is this the one you were thinking about, or something else?
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable

Yes, thanks! OP, most speakers dip into the 4ohm range sometimes, so for that reason I would stick with 16 gauge at least.