Sub Wiring


I currently run separate speaker wire from my amp (Luxman L-590AXll) to each of my stereo subs (Hsu ULS-15 Mkll). I use the same binding posts to run my speaker wires in what I guess would be considered shotgun fashion. A fellow audiophile told me he just piggybacks off of his speaker binding posts to each sub in his system. 

I hadn’t thought of doing that, but it seems reasonable- less wire in my living space,  and less chance of RFI being picked up along the way. I should add that the run from amp to speakers/subs is long- about 23 feet. My subs are within two feet of each speaker (Spatial Audio M3 Turbo S).

I am extraordinarily happy with the sound I’m getting, and this is really more of an aesthetic/RFI concern question. I’ll throw in that I wonder if electically this different hookup presents a different load to the amplifier?

This may fall into the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” category of things. Just curious if anyone else does this…

james_edward

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Chuckt, 

You’re striking out… The C26 is just a preamp, so it doesn’t really have any power to drive a passive speaker ( speaker without its own amplifier). I looked at your preamp- the output you are referencing just would not work with your center channel- it would need to go to a power amp of some kind first.

Rewired things this morning- all is right in the world. Probably no difference soundwise, but a little neater for sure.

Thanks for the replies.

Chuckt,

What you propose is different- the subs are powered and designed to show a very high impedance to the amplifier. By doing so, it does not impact the amplifier’s output in any meaningful way.

I don’t think what you want to do would work out well, but I’ll leave it to the technical people here to advise.