can somebody help me with receiver and center channel?
i am looking for advice for a center channel to complete my ht.
i currently have 4 audio source 8" ceilling speakers and 12" cerwin vega sub, powered by a sony receiver bought in '01.
...on another note i am now experiencing a receiver "protection" cutoff or shutdown when i turn up the volume after i hooked up my sub. any input or help
ragu
receiver to amp (without preouts)
Using a standard stereo RCA cable you can cut off both plugs of one end and you have what seems like speaker wire (strip them with wire strippers or carefully with scissors) on one end and RCA on the other... plug the wire portions into the speaker output of your receiver and the other RCA end into your power amp... I forget what polarties the wires are I think the inner portion is positive and the wire surrounding is negative, they both SHOULD be seperated well to avoid the wires touching each other...
I only recommend doing this with a low power receiver as you don't want to put your power amp in any danger. I can tell you I've been doing this for years with previous receivers with no problems, and you can acheive very high output levels (just be sure not to push your power amps limits)... I use seperate power amps each for my mains and rears when listening to 2-channel music, and Dolby Digital movies using just my Dolby Digital receiver. I can tell you, I've pushed my system at very high volumes with zero problems with great clarity (I have a Cerwin Vega speaker system because of this which can take a lot of power)... As a general rule calibrate your power amp to a high position (NOT past 12 o'clock position) and use your receivers volume control as the controller (you don't have to turn it up much to get high output)...
I could go further into preamps with 2-channel, but I'm fine with my computer's preamp capabilities (I have a software program that mimics an analog tube preamp and drastically makes my setup sound way better)... this is through a digital connection to my receiver, passed to my 150 wpc "Solid State" amp :)