I have a home theater system that was given to me, the only thing i dont have is a subwoofer, i was wondering if i could just take a normal car subwoofer and hook it up to the reciever and control the bass threw the reciver (dont want to spend a lot of money if i dont have to) has anyone tried this?
If your receiver has a dedicated subwoofer output for a powered subwoofer, then the answer is no. (powered output means it has an single rca type output that passes only a subwoofer signal out to the powered subwoofer). If however your receiver has an output that uses speaker wire to run to a subwoofer, check to see what the impedence (ohms) are rated at. Most car subwoofers are rated at 4 ohms. If the subwoofer output is rated for a 4 ohm speaker, then yes you can run it. I hope that answers your question. Don't try to do some fancy wiring configuration like car stereo installers do to some car amps. Home audio receivers are not designed to work like that. (wiring bridged mono using passive crossovers while still using stereo speakers in stereo mode and stuff like that.) Good luck.
Agreed, Use a powered sub for the job. There are several on the market that do a fine job. Base your decision on the quality of your system as well. A car audio sub just is not the right part for the job. It is phisically possible to use it but, by the time, cost, and trouble you will indure building this, you could have done it right. After you have installed your new sub, do not forget to tune your system. It will sound much better and it is typically easy to do.
Agreed a powered sub is the best way to go ! I build my own boxes and use a externall amplifier car drivers for this are a better deal for the $$ I use mtx 5500 subs , I ran it on winisd to get the cabinet sizes , you can call MTX and let them know you plan on using the speaker for home theatre this way the cabinet sizes will differ than a car speaker cabinet . Cost wise this is the cheapist by far , sounds like a $2000 sub , I got $300 in it, including a crown amp .
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