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Adding a sub - what will I loose?

It seems that adding another piece of equipment to the audio chain would degrade the sound quality to the main speakers (air, immediacy, the mid range, etc). Or am I way off here??

Currently have a preamp with no sub-out and low output tube amp. Plan to use line level to the sub and then out to the amp. That way speakers would not play full range (above 80hz).

tghooper

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tghooper OP
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Wow! Lots of great info here...except for SoundsReal and his $10K sub. LOL

Doak - you bring up a good point. I'll have to check with the speaker manufacturer.

My plan is to use two small 8" subs. Found a good deal on Sunfire HRS-8 that's within my budget. My listening room is 12x16 with 13' ceilings.

I'll report back.
TG
tghooper OP
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Has anyone experimented with using standard RCA cables with Y-adapter vs. using a Y-cable? I only see the real cheap generic Y-cables available as most cable companies don't make the latter.

Seems like the using a cheap $5 Y-adaptor on any cable will pick up noise...no matter how expensive the cable.
tghooper OP
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Johnny53, you brought up a good point about room acoustics. I have some room treatment on the walls, corner traps and bass traps. All DIY stuff but it works. The bass traps made a huge improvement when I had full range speakers.
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