Monitor/Sub Query

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:47 pm

Alreet ive got two passive monitors running through a hifi amplifer. i want to buy a tapco sw10 to add to my setup. this is an active subwoofer though.
so basically my question is, is it alreet to run an active subwoofer through my amplifer. im pretty stumped and all the line in/out lines are confusing the crap out of me.
please help, i dont wana waste 100bucksss

also whats the major diffrences between passive and active speakers, im not talking about how they work, i mean in terms of sounds quality. with passive speakers does the quality of the amplifier make a big diffrence, because at the moment im using a pretty average hifi amplifer.

answers to those questions would be greatly greatly appreciated

easy

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:11 pm

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:46 pm

psychonaught wrote:Alreet ive got two passive monitors running through a hifi amplifer. i want to buy a tapco sw10 to add to my setup. this is an active subwoofer though.
so basically my question is, is it alreet to run an active subwoofer through my amplifer. im pretty stumped and all the line in/out lines are confusing the crap out of me.
please help, i dont wana waste 100bucksss

Not a good idea

psychonaught wrote:also whats the major diffrences between passive and active speakers, im not talking about how they work, i mean in terms of sounds quality. with passive speakers does the quality of the amplifier make a big diffrence, because at the moment im using a pretty average hifi amplifer.

Yes. The amp will colour the sound

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:38 pm

cheers for the advice
looks like im saving up for some cheap active monitors then

the will the sub just plug into the back of the monitors i was thinking of saving for Alesis M1 Active Mk2's

would that go nicely with the tapco sw-10?

auan · Post by **auan** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:50 pm

http://www.tapcoworld.com/pdf/SW10_HUD.pdf

All you'll do is stick your amplifier between the Output of the sub and the speakers. Start saving for cables and turn that frown upside down.

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:03 pm

cheers auan! thats what i needed to hear.
would another option be to plug the subwoofer straight into the subwoofer port on my sound card?

auan · Post by **auan** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:44 pm

Haha. Yes, yes it would. Is it a 5.1 card or something?

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:02 pm

it could be if i bought one

auan · Post by **auan** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:38 pm

Nah not worth it mate, not for producing on.

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:57 pm

cheers for all the help. im going to buy a pair of Alesis M1 Active Mk2's then save for a subwoofer later on.
one question though, do i need a good soundcard to get the best out of these speakers. will the bog standard one that came with my computer do the job?
is it worth buying a 20quid or so soundcard? or is that not going to make any diffrence?

auan · Post by **auan** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:18 pm

Click!

Best 60 quid you'll ever spend, trust.

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:25 pm

back to work for me

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