drew3945
30-09-2013, 13:30
Hello all,
Being on a very tight budget, and being a born experimenter, I've lashed together a system for listening to mp3 misic files and movies from a flatscreen TV with a SC card slot. The headphone output of the TV goes to a pair of active PC speakers to which I have added parallel outputs, going to a pair of hi-fi speakers. As the woofers are only 5" dia, and because I like experimenting, I'm planning to add a subwoofer. (I won't be annoying the neighbours, as my place is detached and I'm not into high volumes anyway. I just want to increase the fullness of my movie-viewing and music-listening experience.)
The question is, how best to wire it in. I have an extra amplifier which I can use, per my sketch, but am not sure the best way to wire it in. It's only a single 12" subwoofer, which ideally needs to pick up the signal from both channels of the amp. On my sketch, I have drawn what I think are three possible ways of wiring it in. Can anyone correct me if I'm wrong and/or tell me which of the three options to use? (Forgive the sketchiness of the sketch...). The disadvantage of option (3) is that it only outputs the sound from one channel.
Many thanks
Al (Drew)
http://www.aalife.com/woof.jpg
Being on a very tight budget, and being a born experimenter, I've lashed together a system for listening to mp3 misic files and movies from a flatscreen TV with a SC card slot. The headphone output of the TV goes to a pair of active PC speakers to which I have added parallel outputs, going to a pair of hi-fi speakers. As the woofers are only 5" dia, and because I like experimenting, I'm planning to add a subwoofer. (I won't be annoying the neighbours, as my place is detached and I'm not into high volumes anyway. I just want to increase the fullness of my movie-viewing and music-listening experience.)
The question is, how best to wire it in. I have an extra amplifier which I can use, per my sketch, but am not sure the best way to wire it in. It's only a single 12" subwoofer, which ideally needs to pick up the signal from both channels of the amp. On my sketch, I have drawn what I think are three possible ways of wiring it in. Can anyone correct me if I'm wrong and/or tell me which of the three options to use? (Forgive the sketchiness of the sketch...). The disadvantage of option (3) is that it only outputs the sound from one channel.
Many thanks
Al (Drew)
http://www.aalife.com/woof.jpg