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Thinking of buying a subwoofer for my AV 30s for PC usage. How would I hook them up?

post #1 of 10
6/25/12 at 1:02pm
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I just have onboard sound. I dont know much about speakers, especially subs.

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-628
Edited by mx3orange - 7/7/12 at 8:51am
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6/25/12 at 2:07pm
I would imagine that you would need a receiver of some kind. Do you have optical out on your onboard card?

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6/25/12 at 2:12pm
alot of ppl recommend the dayton SUB100 or 120 over the Polk. I don't own it though
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6/25/12 at 3:24pm
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I would imagine that you would need a receiver of some kind. Do you have optical out on your onboard card?
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I think so
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post #5 of 10
6/26/12 at 6:40am
Go with the Dayton Sub1000. Much better sub than the Polk.

As for hooking it up. Just use a 3.5mm splitter from your motherboard. One half goes to your speakers the other to the subwoofer. Which would require a 3.5mm to RCA cable.
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6/26/12 at 9:20am
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Go with the Dayton Sub1000. Much better sub than the Polk.
As for hooking it up. Just use a 3.5mm splitter from your motherboard. One half goes to your speakers the other to the subwoofer. Which would require a 3.5mm to RCA cable.

Ok, its the same price (after shipping) from here http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-628&utm_source=googleps

but i like ordering from amazon so much better tongue.gif. Does it go on sale often?
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7/3/12 at 10:04am
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hmm, I can reassign a speaker port to "center/Subwoofer out" Would that be better than a splitter?
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7/3/12 at 10:23am
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hmm, I can reassign a speaker port to "center/Subwoofer out" Would that be better than a splitter?

It would be, but the Realtek drivers don't support true 2.1.

There was a workaround for it a couple of years ago, but not sure if it still works with current drivers.

Basically consisted of setting it as 5.1 and just disabling the rest of the speakers.
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7/3/12 at 10:39am
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It would be, but the Realtek drivers don't support true 2.1.
There was a workaround for it a couple of years ago, but not sure if it still works with current drivers.
Basically consisted of setting it as 5.1 and just disabling the rest of the speakers.

Yeah thats what you have to do. Still good?
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7/7/12 at 8:51am
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