Gin262
10-28-2006, 07:10 AM
Hello all,
Here's my setup: Just bought a vintage Marantz receiver off ebay, model 2238B. I'm going to pick up a pair of 170SE's in the next week or so. This will be used 70/30 movies/music. I know this isn't ideal but the budget is tight and eventually I want to use the 170's either as rears or use them elsewhere for 2-channel with the marantz.
My question is, is there any way to hook a sub up to this setup to increase bass extension in movies? The only way I can think of is to hook it directly to my dvd player that has 5.1 SACD/HDDVD outputs (Samsung HD950). Is there something a receiver with 5.1 inputs is doing to the subwoofer signal or does it just act as a pass-through?
Thanks,
Blake
Here's my setup: Just bought a vintage Marantz receiver off ebay, model 2238B. I'm going to pick up a pair of 170SE's in the next week or so. This will be used 70/30 movies/music. I know this isn't ideal but the budget is tight and eventually I want to use the 170's either as rears or use them elsewhere for 2-channel with the marantz.
My question is, is there any way to hook a sub up to this setup to increase bass extension in movies? The only way I can think of is to hook it directly to my dvd player that has 5.1 SACD/HDDVD outputs (Samsung HD950). Is there something a receiver with 5.1 inputs is doing to the subwoofer signal or does it just act as a pass-through?
Thanks,
Blake