Which Sub Woofer?

Post by **Hippy** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:37 am

I've got a yamaha surround cinema amp thingy <a href="http://www.soundandvisiononline.com/mor ... t_id=10749" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisiononline.com/mor ... d=10749</a>

It's apparently got a 'Sub woofer pre-amp' connection on it which is like a black slightly larger than phono jack socket on the back.

Anyone got any suggestions what type of subwoofer i need? or at least what connection it needs to have, can it be active or passive? i'm a total n00b with hi-fi stuff.

Cheers.

Post by **Stocky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:16 am

Hammer's your man for this kind of stuff.

Post by **Hippy** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:34 pm

How's this one?
I already have a set of floor standing eltax speakers and i'm very happy with them.

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... osi_widget" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _widget</a>

Post by **Dangerous Bob** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:05 pm

Personally I'd go for this one.....

Post by **Hippy** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:24 pm

Post by **Clingy** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:41 pm

My Sub Woofer is connected with a single phone lead from my Yamaha Amp. It's an active SW.

As to what one to get, like anything else you pays ya money.....

I don't pretend to be up to date on all this as I replaced my stuff over a year ago. I would guess that with a Â£160 amp you ought to be looking at Â£100-Â£150 on a SW? Depends upon the quality of your other speakers.

Mine is this one

<a href="http://www.soundandvisiononline.com/mor ... uct_id=673" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisiononline.com/mor ... _id=673</a>

Post by **Slatz** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:49 pm

Hippy wrote: How's this one?
I already have a set of floor standing eltax speakers and i'm very happy with them.

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... osi_widget" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _widget</a>

I have that one connected to my Sony home cinema amp.

Improved the quality over the Sony one a treat.
Bought mine new from Richersounds if you want to compare it with new prices

Post by **Hippy** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:18 am

That looks like the sort of thing i'm after although it's going to be eBay for me i think, i cant afford to be spending that sort of money.

My current speaker set is a pair of eltax that were reduced from Â£150 to Â£30 for the pair, from Richer sounds too! that's my sort of money

There's a store at the end of my road at work, i may pop in at lunch time.

Looks like that's the same connection i have clingy, strange that most amps dont advertise their connection or is this the standard?
It seems subs that can have other speakers connected to them often have a different connection to the amp.