active subwoofer

[robbiehall]

I have a Toshiba WS tv, with surround sound speakers front and rear.

There is an active subwoofer (Acoustic Solutions) on sale at Argos and my question is, can I use one in addition to my 4 speakers, by connecting it in series with one of the pairs?
The tv has a subwoofer built in AFAIK


Cheers
Rob

[Jiff Lemon]

depends......

Some active subs let you connect speaker outputs to them, filtering off the low end stuff for the sub, sending the rest to the speakers.

You got a DVD player with a sub out? at least you'll have sub for films!

[3Dfx]

Buy a cheaper A/V Receiver and connect it all through that.

Better sound and all the connectivity u need.

[robbiehall]

Thanks guys,

I will have to go and find out the detailed specs.

Cheers
Rob

[robbiehall]

Could I adapt a car subwoofer for use in a home DVD/TV seup then?
I would need a crossover filter and a power supply, it's already in a MDF box, but how would it connect to the TV speaker leads?

Anybody got any ideas?


Cheers
Rob

[Howard]

Your TV will need to have a dedicated subwoofer output that you can connect into the line in on your subwoofer amplifier.

[Flibb]

I have an active sub thats running on the sub channel on my decoder, but if you dont have a sub channel you can put the front L+R through it and it strips off the low frequency stuff using an adjustable cross over. Some people use his system to make 6.2 or 7.2, they add a sub to the rear as well as having one on the sub channel, or at least I think thast how it works. On a dolby 5.1 setup there is an indevidual channel for the sub, you wouldnt get this if its running off the fronts.
Cheers
Jon

[robbiehall]

Thanks guys for your replies.

I have got a Acoustic Solutions Active Sub & spkr kit from a local retailer at a good price, and with a bit of SCART switching, will be using that hopefully.


Cheers
Rob