Sub hook up question....

[ls7z06]

I am building a little 2.1 channel system in my den and need some advise on hooking up the sub.

My room set up makes it impossible for me to run a single LFE RCA type cable from my receiver to my sub's LFE input. Can I just run a set of speaker wires from each of my front L and R speakers to my sub's left and right speaker in connections? Does it matter if my speakers are 4ohm speakers?

I am using an Onkyo TX-SR806 as a preout to an Emotiva UPA-2 which is then hooked up to a set of Polk LSi9's using Monster flat speaker cables which I had to run under my carpet. Now I need to hook up a little Polk Micropro 1000 and I do not want to run a fat LFE cable under the carpet to get back to the receiver. SO I am hoping I can just run speaker wires from the back of my LSI9's to my little sub.

Any advise is appreciated!

[Fors*]

I can't say for sure if that would work, but with a pair of LSi9's, why bother with a sub with 2 channels? Just set them to Large and I don't think you will notice much of a difference. The LSi9's are awesome speakers and can get down pretty low. This would at least eliminate the need to worry about the RCA cable anyway.....just a thought..(I don't blame you for wanting to use the sub since you have one by the way and it is a good question to ask...)

[HiDefRev]

No, no, no !! In your receiver, you set the speakers to LARGE, and select NO SUBWOOFER. Then you run your speaker wires to the SUB ! Your sub has inputs and outputs for speakers. You then run the speaker wires from the sub to your main speakers. The sub's internal crossover will separate the frequencies.

[Trix]

Originally Posted by ls7z06

I am building a little 2.1 channel system in my den and need some advise on hooking up the sub.

My room set up makes it impossible for me to run a single LFE RCA type cable from my receiver to my sub's LFE input. Can I just run a set of speaker wires from each of my front L and R speakers to my sub's left and right speaker in connections? Does it matter if my speakers are 4ohm speakers?

I am using an Onkyo TX-SR806 as a preout to an Emotiva UPA-2 which is then hooked up to a set of Polk LSi9's using Monster flat speaker cables which I had to run under my carpet. Now I need to hook up a little Polk Micropro 1000 and I do not want to run a fat LFE cable under the carpet to get back to the receiver. SO I am hoping I can just run speaker wires from the back of my LSI9's to my little sub.

Any advise is appreciated!

If you were to do that, you would be doing it backwards; it is possible to run your speakers through your sub, but not your sub through your speakers. So, you could run speaker wire from your receiver, into the back of the sub, and from the back of the sub, into the speakers. You cannot, though, go from the receiver to the speakers, and then to the sub.

[ls7z06]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

I can't say for sure if that would work, but with a pair of LSi9's, why bother with a sub with 2 channels? Just set them to Large and I don't think you will notice much of a difference. The LSi9's are awesome speakers and can get down pretty low. This would at least eliminate the need to worry about the RCA cable anyway.....just a thought..(I don't blame you for wanting to use the sub since you have one by the way and it is a good question to ask...)

These speakers really do a nice job, especially with the Emotiva amp. They impress me far beyond what I expected and play lower than any bookshelf speaker has a right to. I had just thought a little extra bass kick would be good. But since this is primarily a music set up, I may put the little sub back in the storage closet, or out in my workshop, or someplace.... if I can't figure out a clean hook up strategy.