Passive subwoofer recommendation

[grebe925]

I recently picked up a Pioneer VSX-S520D 5.1 receiver that has an amp to drive a sub-woofer as well as a pre-out. I have a Klipsch Quientet V set of speakers for front, center and surround but need a sub-woofer to complete the setup. I prefer to drive it with the receiver itself so I am looking for a recommendation for a passive sub-woofer with a 10" driver. The specs state that the amp puts out 80W RMS into 4 ohms (much less if it is 8 ohms) so there really is not a lot of power to drive it. Any recommendations will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[dr_rocket]

There is only one recommendation...avoid passive subwoofer. Go for active subwoofer as you have preout for that.

 

[MaSh]

I recently picked up a Pioneer VSX-S520D 5.1 receiver that has an amp to drive a sub-woofer as well as a pre-out. I have a Klipsch Quientet V set of speakers for front, center and surround but need a sub-woofer to complete the setup. I prefer to drive it with the receiver itself so I am looking for a recommendation for a passive sub-woofer with a 10" driver. The specs state that the amp puts out 80W RMS into 4 ohms (much less if it is 8 ohms) so there really is not a lot of power to drive it. Any recommendations will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Any particular reason to prefer a passive sub over an active? If you have he option, go for an active one by all means.

MaSh

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[grebe925]

Any particular reason to prefer a passive sub over an active? If you have he option, go for an active one by all means.

MaSh

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I just want one less device to turn on when watching regular TV and as the receiver itself can power up a passive sub-woofer, it achieves that purpose. If not I also have a active KEF 10" sub-woofer in my main home theater that I rarely use that I could re-purpose for the time being so that is also an option.

 

[dr_rocket]

I just want one less device to turn on when watching regular TV and as the receiver itself can power up a passive sub-woofer, it achieves that purpose. If not I also have a active KEF 10" sub-woofer in my main home theater that I rarely use that I could re-purpose for the time being so that is also an option.

You already have the answer. As the kef is rarely used, hook that up here and you are done.

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[MaSh]

I just want one less device to turn on when watching regular TV and as the receiver itself can power up a passive sub-woofer, it achieves that purpose. If not I also have a active KEF 10" sub-woofer in my main home theater that I rarely use that I could re-purpose for the time being so that is also an option.

Ah, I understand. Doesn't that sub support Auto On/Off? If you enable that, then don't have to worry about switching it on or off every time

MaSh

 

[efernand1]

@ grebe925

If you really want a passive subwoofer look at this link...should be able to pair well....goes down to 30hz...

Speakers | PRODUCT Category | DNM Enterprise

Alternative is SPACE audio or Telome Audio subs....

 

[Naturelover]

This does look interesting
http://www.hifivision.com/showthread.php?t=67418

 

[grebe925]

Thanks for the recommendations. I will look into them.