Help With CerwinVega Subwoofer Amplifier

[Weirded Wonder]

Can anyone help me? I bought this Cerwin Vega Subwoofer Amplifier off of Ebay.
Click on the link to see which one, as I do not know the model number.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:AAQ:US:1123

I am trying to connect it to my subwoofers that are in my NHT tower speakers. They are not powered. So I have the speaker wire for the A speakers from the receiver running to the Cerwin Vega, then to the NHT subwoofers. There is a subwoofer for each Left and Right channel.

Here is a picture of the back of the Cerwin Vega.

The Green power light comes on, so I assume that it is working. I do not have the red or black wires on the back hooked up to anything as I do not have a powered subwoofer. But the NHT tower speakers have no bass what so ever.

I would appreciate any help that anyone can offer me.

[Weirded Wonder]

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[Big Daddy]

Your picture is too small and I cannot tell what you have done.

You should not connect the speaker outputs on the back of the Cerwin Vega to the built-in unpowered subwoofers on the NHT tower speakers. The speaker outputs on the back of the Cerwin Vega are for connecting them to a speaker's main inputs. The low frequency is already removed from them and only the high frequency sounds above a certain level (e.g., 120Hz) go to the speakers.

If you have separate speaker inputs on the back of the NHT speakers, they are meant for bi-amping.

Does you receiver have pre-outs for the front channels? Does your receiver have a separate subwoofer (LFE) output on its back? Does the receiver have a built-in calibration program?

Give me more information on your equipment and what you are trying to accomplish. I may be able to help you more.

[Weirded Wonder]

I thought that it was for bass. I feel so stupid. Here are some of my specks.

I have a Yamaha Receiver HTR 5730. It does have the LFE output for a subwoofer.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...n/IMG_0106.jpg




I have 2 NHT Tower speakers that I purchased about 10 years ago.
http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...t=IMG_0104.jpg

http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...t=IMG_0105.jpg

I want the NHT Tower speakers to use the bass subwoofer speakers that are the bottom connections. What do I need to do this if this isn't the right piece of equipment?

[Big Daddy]

Look at the back of the receiver.

1. Does it have pre-outs for the front and other surround speakers?
2. Do you see Main In connections on the back of the receiver that are connected to the pre-outs with little metallic jumpers?
3. Do you have surround speakers besides the the two NHT front speakers?
4. Does your receiver have a calibration option where you can set the size of the speakers to Large (WIDE), SMALL, and an option for setting the crossovers and speaker levels?

Please answer each question. I need to know before I can give you additional assistance.

[Weirded Wonder]

1. Does it have pre-outs for the front and other surround speakers?
2. Do you see Main In connections on the back of the receiver that are connected to the pre-outs with little metallic jumpers?
3. Do you have surround speakers besides the the two NHT front speakers?
4. Does your receiver have a calibration option where you can set the size of the speakers to Large (WIDE), SMALL, and an option for setting the crossovers and speaker levels?

1. It does not have pre-outs.
2. I don't believe so.
3. I have 2 surround speakers and a center channel. All NHT. I play 5.1 Audio when available.
4. It does have a calibration option, I have it set to Large. There is an option for crossovers and speaker levels too.

I will try to get better photos in the morning.