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RE: Connecting tube amp to sub with speaker level inputs

Posted by LtMandella on January 14, 2022 at 09:31:02

In Reply to: RE: Connecting tube amp to sub with speaker level inputs posted by Bill Way on January 14, 2022 at 07:33:34:

Thanks, do you mean from the "output to speakers" binding posts on the sub?

I thought of that but it has a couple drawbacks for me, which is why I would prefer to just connect the outputs from the amp into both the mains and sub:

1: the physical arrangement of my listening room and speakers means I would have to run four speaker cables across my listening room; two from the amp to the sub across the room, and two from the sub back across the room to the main speakers (the sub and main speakers are on opposite sides of the room and I can't fit both on the same side).

2: I believe for that configuration I would be placing the crossover of the HSU in the signal path of my main speakers, which I would rather not do. The DeCapo I speakers you see in the photo have no crossover of their own between the tweeter and woofer (just a high pass cap on the tweeter-the mid woofer rolls off naturally) and I really love the sound.

In the past (using outboard low pass filter which I no longer can find) I found the best integration between main and sub speakers to be when the main speakers continued to have full range signal.

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