Have an integrated amp with only 1 subwoofer out...


Hi.

I am very new to this, so I apologize for my basic question.  I have an integrated amp that only has one output RCA...which is a subwoofer out.  I have a powered subwoofer already, but I wanted to hook up a graphic equalizer to the amp as well.

Is there a way to do this easily?

Thank you!

-Eric

esheik1968

My humble opinion is quite different.  I have a 6-band equalizer between my CD/SACD player and my integrated amp and use when I play certain discs and its wonderful!

For example, nearly all (all?) early Motown recordings have very little low end and a bit too much high end.  A judicious use of the equalizer makes Tham sound amazing!

So in my opinion/experience, the issue is the recording.  I know of no other way to address this. Do you, @soix ??

 

 

it seems you might want to get an amp with better connectivity options.

Or perhaps a cheaper alternative would be to get a preamp with a tape loop and insert that between your sources and your amp.

So in my opinion/experience, the issue is the recording.  I know of no other way to address this. Do you,

@rpeluso  Yeah, this is definitely a case of different strokes for different folks and I don’t think either of us is wrong — we just handle it the way that works best for us.  For me, I don’t want to insert any extra cables and equipment into my system if not absolutely necessary.  I only listen to well-recorded music on my main system and I don’t want anything to potentially degrade the sound of those recordings on my system, and I find it hard to believe inserting an equalizer and another pair of interconnects onto the signal path doesn’t have at least some negative effect.  If I listen to less well-recorded material I’ll listen to it on a Bluetooth speaker or something similar, but there’s so much excellent well-recorded and new music via Qobuz out there I really never feel the need to listen to poorly recorded music.  One example — I’m a huge Steely Dan fan but especially their earlier stuff is not well recorded (at least digitally) so if I get the urge I’ll enjoy them on my Bluetooth speaker (Audio Engine B2) and enjoy it just fine.  Anyway, that’s what works for me and glad you’ve found a great solution that works well for you, and the world keeps spinning. 

Run one set of the L&R outputs from equalizer to the aux L&R  inputs on integrated. Run sources to equalizer.