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Is there any reason not to connect the speaker level input of a plate amp to the binding posts of the main speakers, as opposed to the output of the amplifier?
Is there any reason not to connect the speaker level input of a plate amp to the binding posts of the main speakers, as opposed to the output of the amplifier?
EDIT: Do you mean, will including the cables of the main speakers in the signal path to the sub produce an audible degradation of the sound?
At bass frequencies, the answer is probably not.
At bass frequencies, the answer is probably not.
Yes, pretty much. Specifically: One pair of speaker cables attaches to each binding post of the main speaker. The other end of one member of the pair then attaches to the output of the power amp, and the other cable goes to the high level input of the subwoofer plate amp.
Depends on the plate amplifier but, yes it can be problematic. e.g. My Bowers and Wilkins has a high-pass filter between input and output.