slo007

Is it possible to hook up my JL 3Wv2 D2 (2, 4, and 6 ohm) subwoofer to my home theater setup? I'm thinking in moving the sub out of my car as I'm starting to miss the trunk space.

Dan Martin

So long as you have an amp you'll be fine.

slo007

So a receiver like this would work then?

http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp...noreRedirect=1

We have a similar model.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

No. You need a separate amp just for the subwoofer. Most receivers will only drive the "surrounds" and not the the sub.

So basically you need a single channel amp with an LFE input.

slobeatz

What you can do is get a seperate amplifier and hook it up using the LFE output of the receiver with a mono-stereo cable. Mono side connects to LFE output on receiver, stereo to RCA input on amplifier.

accsuperstar

i had a car audio setup in my dorm room my freshman year. i just hooked up my amp from my car to a power converter which i bought at radioshack.

majormojo

Your best bet is to use an amp specifically designed to power a subwoofer. This type is designed to be mounted on/in the sub enclosure. It has an adjustable low pass filter, auto on/off, phase control, hight and low level inputs, etc.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...=300-794&DID=7

Dan Martin

that's ghetto! I like it.

accsuperstar

yea gotta work with whatcha got. the sub was hooked up to my computer via a receiver. we got a fair share of complaints that year

slo007

That's what my roommate had in my 4th yr in college. I was wondering if I could replicate his setup (he actually had two 10" boxes). But I'm not excited about having to spend more $$. Perhaps another time...

jcg878

that reminds me... a friend in HS had a real classy arrangment in the back of his van - 2 10" or 12" woofers in buckets hooked up to a low frequency amp. That thing was damn loud, but damn ugly!