pfarrell Wrote: > jonheal wrote: > > I have an older preamp that does not include any internal circuitry > or > > connections to accomodate a subwoofer. Nevertheless, I would like to > > get a subwoofer, but I would prefer not to string miles of speaker > > cable in order to use the subwoofer's high-level inputs. > > Doesn't your sub have speaker level imputs? Most do. > Then you can run cables from your speakers to the sub and be done. > > Altho it sounds like you don't want to put the low freq signal thru > your amp. > > > > So, I'm looking for an active crossover to put in between my preamp > and > > amp. Now here's the rub: I want it to be of high quality AND I want > it > > cheap. I don't want to spend much more than $100.00. > > Hey, this is the audiophiles list. Here, we think nothing > of spending $100 on blocks of wood to hold the speaker cables > in proper alignment. > > Look in the 'pro audio' world, go to your local guitar center. > Not that they have anything that is audiophile quality. > > Of course, if you are running miles of speaker cable, > you have other problems. 10 feet is a fairly long way > to run speaker cable, unless it is just for background > or effects. > > You do realise that any crossover or EQ will screw up > the phase, and that is one of the most important things > for quality reproduction. > > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html Pat,
12 ft. of four fat speaker cables draped across the room? WAF: -80. Now, that, I'm sure you can understand! -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20907 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
