So I got a new receiver to replace a out of the box theater system. I've been satisfied with my speakers, so I didn't feel it necessary to replace them, but I've run in to a problem.
My sub woofer connected to my previous system with regular speaker cable, and my new receiver only has a connection for what I assume is an RCA input.
Is there any kind of adapter out there that I can put on the speaker wire to make it work? I'd rather not have spend much more money on my system at this point, but everybody seems to think that I'd need to either get a separate amp or a new woofer to hook up.
Maybe I'm not understanding your question properly, bit if the subwoofer has speaker in and speaker out terminals, this receiver works exactly the same as your old unit. The speaker outputs of your new receiver, go to the speaker in jacks on your sub, and the speaker output jack on the sub, go directly to your speaker system. The newer systems that have a subwoofer output, sub out, and go to the sub in on you sub. It's just allot cleaner and only one RCA cable is used. For more information, please log onto my website at audioserviceclinic.com. You may contact me directly through the website.
Back in the old days, subwoofers were powered by the voltage from your receiver, through speaker wire.
Nowadays, subwoofers have their own power, hence not having speaker wire connections anymore.
It's unlikely that you'll be able to connect your old subwoofer to your new receiver.
You'd need to get a new one, which if you don't mind buying closeout, can be found on eBay pretty cheap.
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