Two Subwoofers

[royphil345]

Actually looks like a pretty nice little system for the money...

It seems the receiver is pretty standard... Will probably have a single RCA preamp output for a subwoofer.

You could use a Y-adapter to split the signal for two subs, which can effect the sound quality some in my experience, although many people do this. Or... some subs have an output to daisy-chain an additional sub.

If you get a better sub, you may find it's not necessary to have the original hooked up at all. Might just ruin the clarity / musicality of the better sub.

A fellow Hitachi owner!!! Hitachi is OK in my book... I have an aging Hitachi 55" rear-projection. While the picture's of course not as sharp as on the newer sets... It still looks good. Maybe even more theater-like than some. Never had a lick of trouble with it... knock on wood...

What sub are you thinking about? I'd suggest taking a look at the Sony SA-WX700. It's powerful, it goes low and it's far more musical and accurate than you'd expect for the reasonable price. A definite upgrade, yet not overkill for your system. It has an output for an additional sub as well. Don't bother with the single-driver, ported Sonys that all sound a bit boomy to me...

Oh and... Since your speakers are on the smaller side... your crossover frequency to the sub will be pretty high. Higher frequencies are easier for your ears to trace where they're coming from. Your sub will sound better as close to front and center as you can get it, especially for 2-channel music. Not magnetically shielded means it may distort the picture if placed too close to the TV. You'd just have too see if you could put it where you want without causing problems. Sometimes you gotta' do what you gotta' do to fit a system into a room. The results aren't always terrible.