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Amp's Line-Out to Subwoofer?

Hey Audiogon forum!

An audiophile acquaintance of mine has been trying to convince me to get a subwoofer for my system recently, and I am curious about the possible benefits. I have a pair of Elac B6's fed by a Music Hall A15.2 (which has no LFE out) and he said I'd be able to use the Music Hall's Line Out output to connect a sub. I have a lot of questions about that. Mainly (and obviously) will that work? Second, if it DOES work, will the full signal be sent to the speakers and would that create any weird complications in sound quality? I've never heard of doing it this way before so I have no clue; I just know that I love my current amp and don't want to get a new one just to get an LFE output.

Thank you!!

Also, here's the Music Hall manual which details the Line Out option in more detail:
http://musichallaudio.com/pdfs/music-hall-a15.2-integrated-amplifier-manual.pdf
kremrik

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kremrik OP
18 posts
 
Thank you, all, for getting back so quickly and helpfully! I will definitely be contacting Music Hall to see if this is a fixed or variable line out (does anyone know why the former would be of any use to someone?). If it's variable, it'll be time to start sub shopping.

Also, I have a cheap Polk sub somewhere that I don't use. Maybe I'll test this output with it and see what happens. 
kremrik OP
18 posts
 
I sent Music Hall an email and we'll see what they say. This got a lot more confusing than I thought it would... thanks again for all the help!
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