I want to purchase a Sony sa-wx700 powered subwoofer, but I noticed that in the owners manual it said that it was pushing power through 3ohms and my receiver is 8ohms. Now my question would be, is it the built-in amp that is pushing (outputting) 3ohms or is it the input accepts 3ohms? And would it work with my 8ohm receiver?
2006-09-09 13:13:06 · 4 answers · asked by John G 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
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Since your receiver's amplifier is not being used to drive the subwoofer, there are no problems hooking the powered subwoofer to the receiver. The Sony powered subwoofer (subwoofer and on-board amplifier) is designed to work together on its own and will not affect the receiver. Just connect it to your receiver as is outlined in your owner's manual -and voila!
Important Note: DO NOT EVER run an 8 Ohm receiver or amplifier to DRIVE (i.e. POWER) a 3-Ohm subwoofer (or any other speaker system that is rated at 3 Ohms)! or otherwise you may fatally damage your receiver or amplifier.
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2006-09-10 08:58:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The 3ohms has nothing to do with the input to your powered sub, which is an amplifier, not a speaker. You will have no problem using the speaker with your system.
2006-09-10 17:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that it accepts 3 ohms. It will work with 8ohms receiver but will not give the good result
2006-09-09 16:59:28 · answer #3 · answered by Amit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything will work together. all you will be doing is running a audio signal from your reciever to the subwoofer. the two amps will be working seperately. its like hooking up a dvd player to your reciever.
2006-09-09 20:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by artpoz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋