Having trouble finding an ample receiver that can fully support my tower speakers and a subwoofer

[TruBlu]

Hello Audiokarma, I'm in the market looking for a receiver/amp that can support my Klipsch F-300 Tower Speakers and a subwoofer input. Some websites claim 150 or 100 watts RMS per speaker with a 600 watt max. I'm not entirely sure what it's actual RMS is be the 100 or 150 but we can go with that I want to push 150 watts out of each of the tower speakers (I only have two of them). The receiver I have now is the YAMAHA R-S202BL, which can do 100 watts per channel. They sound good on the receiver, but I feel there's better receivers out there especially used.

But I'm mainly looking for a receiver that can support the two speakers at 150 watts per speaker with a subwoofer input, because I believe that one can hook a subwoofer to a reciever with the push-pins but unsure how it would differentiate the bass from vocals and other FX from the music unless it was a specialized subwoofer input, there was one guy that said he used a digital signal processor or whichever it's called to get only bass in his sub and the vocals to the speakers but unsure how to do this either, but I feel like if it has its dedicated sub port on the reciever with rca connections it would only send bass to the sub which would be less trouble figuring it out.

So in summary, looking for a receiver that can support my F300 Klipsch Speakers and has a sub port that can support passive or it might save some money if it can support a powered sub cause usually subs take up a lot of watts.

 

[TruBlu]

I think the Klipsch Synergy Black Label Sub-100 10” was one I was looking at, it does 150watts rms, 300 max. I think what I need is a home theater receiver or avr, those are the ones that have the sub output. Do I need a RCA to Aux cable to hook it up. Most of the home theater recievers I'm looking at just have a black port for the sub. I'm on a lead now, either new or old recommendations are appreciated, I can buy from eBay or whichever if needed. But having bluetooth would be a big plus, unless there's some kind of adapter I can use for bluetooth.

 

[opnly bafld]

A speaker level to line level converter will allow you to use any receiver with a powered sub that lacks speaker wire inputs like the Klipsch mentioned above.

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[Sgt Shultz]

I think the Klipsch Synergy Black Label Sub-100 10” was one I was looking at, it does 150watts rms, 300 max. I think what I need is a home theater receiver or avr, those are the ones that have the sub output. Do I need a RCA to Aux cable to hook it up. Most of the home theater recievers I'm looking at just have a black port for the sub. I'm on a lead now, either new or old recommendations are appreciated, I can buy from eBay or whichever if needed. But having bluetooth would be a big plus, unless there's some kind of adapter I can use for bluetooth.

Most powered subs offer multiple types of connection options allowing them almost universal use with all receivers.

This is the rear panel on the Dayton Audio Sub 1200, notice it allows high level speaker connection and line level. I highly recommend this subwoofer, hell at the price get two and connect them in stereo, one right the other left.


I have two of the previous model still going strong 10yrs now, they're connected to the two front mains in my multi-channel setup.

Previously they were used as stands in a two channel system with Klipsch Heresys. This allowed moving the speakers out and raising them for better imaging and increased soundstage. Connected in stereo this maintained the Heresys sound only now bigger with 25hz on tap


In this setup they were connected line level, currently in the multi-channel system they're utilizing the high level inputs.

 

[gizzyman47]

REL subs which are powered, use a Neutrik connector that plugs into the sub and just attaches to your speaker outputs at the amp/receiver. One wire will connect to the right channel pos. the other will connect to the left channel pos. the third will connect to the right or left neg channel. They don't consume power from your amp/receiver. Your speakers will still play full range as they were designed. The sub see's the same signal as the speakers. Just adjust the crossover and gain to blend with your main speakers and your good to go. Can use with any receiver/amp. Don't need any special connections. Use the above connection for a balanced component. For a differential balanced or D class amp, the connection will differ slightly. REL has videos on Youtube showing these different scenarios.