SUBWOOFER PLACEMENT
CONNECTING YOUR SUBWOOFER
Warning: the back of the unit must be free so air can circulate around it.
This unit can be placed on its side as well as upright but never place it on it's back or front.
Placement can completely alter the sound of your speakers. At Aaron we spend a lot of time and
effort to design speakers that are not so position critical, but there will still be some variation from
one position to another. Due to the many different listening environments it is impossible to make
cut and dry rules for the best position for your speakers. Put them where they sound best to your
ears, by using trial and error.
We can however mention some helpful hints to speed up your positioning of the subwoofer.
Placing it near corners will increase the bass, where as if you mount it on a cabinet or put it on a
stand it will have less bass. If you have shaggy carpet you may wish to attach spikes at the base. A
bare timber floor may often require you to put rubber feet under the subwoofer. A double brick
home will tend to increase the bass output where as a timber house lessons bass. A brick veneer
home will be somewhere in between. Also the amount of soft furnishings (carpet, curtains, lounge
etc.) in your room changes the sound, the use of more soft furnishings will deaden the sound.
Connection is quite simple and can be done by the "high level" input or by the low level input.
Either by using bared twin wire from your amplifier speaker output (high level) or by RCA leads (low
level). Please note: High level is the best choice as the higher voltage levels are less susceptible
to noise and earth loops.
It is possible to run this subwoofer from the output of one amplifier channel but the
subwoofer's volume control will have to be set higher. When using two subwoofers best results
are obtained by connecting each unit to a different channel on the amplifier.
We do not supply speaker wire or RCA cable with the subwoofer because every installation is
different. It is important to use good quality cable and keep the length as short as practical.
In the case where cable is already wired through the house or the cable has no markings
contact your Hi Fi dealer for advice.
Low Level Connection
The most usual method to connect the AV amplifier to the subwoofer is via the amplifier`s
subwoofer output to the subwoofer`s low level input. Often there will be two RCA connections on
the back of the amplifier, which in turn will be connected directly to two RCA low level inputs on the
subwoofer.
If your amplifier has only one RCA output, it is possible to connect it to just one low level input
on the subwoofer, (it doesn`t matter which low level line input you use). If you have to turn the
volume control up too high on the subwoofer to get the desired output, you can increase the input
level to the subwoofer by using a "1 x RCA to 2 x RCA" connecter cable.
High Level Connection (Preferred Option)
It is possible to connect the front/main speakers or satellite speakers to speaker A on the
amplifier and the subwoofer can be connected to speaker B, if your amplifier has this facility. The
other method is to connect the subwoofer to the same outputs that you use to connect your
front/main speakers (in parallel). Because of the high input impedance of the subwoofer, connecting
your subwoofer this way will not effect the output of your amplifier at all.
When connecting the speaker leads to the subwoofer it is very important that the positive (+)
terminal on the amplifier is connected to the positive terminal on the speaker. In most cases this
means the red terminal on the amplifier is connected to the red terminal on the subwoofer.
