Cannot hook eq to my receiver

I have a set of bose 901 iv, with the eq. i just bought a onkyo receiver 604. their is no place to hook up the eq. i know i can buy a old onkyo with the tape two monitor.but the 604 is new. if i don't hook the eq up at all, what will i lose through my speakers. need help.

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The speakers will not sound right. You dont have two tape monitors on this receiver? You can simply use the tape otput to the EQ input, and then the Tape monitor input to the EQ output leads. Good Luck

Posted on Jun 09, 2007

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