Dual Subwoofer Connections - Definitive Technology SuperCube I Owner's Manual

NOTE: If you wish to run your main speakers full range with no low frequency
roll-off, hook them directly to the main speaker output terminals or your receiver
or amplifier as in any normal hi-fi system.
LEFT RIGHT
R L
AMPLIFIER OR RECEIVER
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subwoofer wherein they are combined via the electronic crossover into one
composite signal. With stereo subwoofers, the left and right low frequency signals
are reproduced by their own individual subwoofers. The use of one subwoofer
achieves outstanding performance; however, the addition of a second subwoofer
(one for the left and one for the right channel) clearly offers the highest level of
performance achievable for both movies and music. The use of stereo subwoofers
smooths out the peaks and dips which result from the eigenmodes in your room.
Two subwoofers couple much better to the air in your room (four times better)
and of course offer double the power. In addition, some state-of-the-art Dolby
Digital* home theater installations have begun to use a separate subwoofer
hooked up to the rear (surround) channels and we recommend this for the
absolute ultimate in performance.

Dual Subwoofer Connections

When hooking up a stereo pair of subwoofers, wiring is quite similar to traditional
high-level connections. Here, instead of running both speaker cables from your
receiver or amplifier to the left and right high-level terminals on the subwoofer,
you will run the left channel to the left channel subwoofer and the right channel to
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