Is it possible to use a receiver with these speakers? I love these speakers...They sound amazing. But I'm curious if it is possible to run these speakers through a receiver. Thanks
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the little "base" as some have called is actually a receiver. a limited one as far as inputs go but a receiver nonetheless. that is why it can decode the straight Dolby Digital and DTS signals through the SPDIF RCA and Optical jacks.not only that, but hooking up another receiver to it is quite redundant and unnecessary unless you need a lot of hookups.if your 'other' receiver has a digital output it will simply pass thru what is given to it.if you use the 3.5mm audio jacks you will have a slight reduction in quality, because of the middle man (control pad / receiver) and analog signal. the little "base" as some have called is actually a receiver. a limited one as far as inputs go but a receiver nonetheless. that is why it can decode the straight Dolby Digital and DTS signals through the SPDIF RCA and Optical jacks.not only that, but hooking up another receiver to it is quite redundant and unnecessary unless you need a lot of hookups.if your 'other' receiver has a digital output it will simply pass thru what is given to it.if you use the 3.5mm audio jacks you will have a slight reduction in quality, because of the middle man (control pad /... » Read More the little "base" as some have called is actually a receiver. a limited one as far as inputs go but a receiver nonetheless. that is why it can decode the straight Dolby Digital and DTS signals through the SPDIF RCA and Optical jacks.not only that, but hooking up another receiver to it is quite redundant and unnecessary unless you need a lot of hookups.if your 'other' receiver has a digital output it will simply pass thru what is given to it.if you use the 3.5mm audio jacks you will have a slight reduction in quality, because of the middle man (control pad / receiver) and analog signal. « Show Less
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Yes it is, the back of the speakers have conventional speaker connections.In addition, if you want to use the control pod (redundant if you have a receiver), it has digital coax and optical inputs as well as 3x 3.5mm audio jacks.
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I want to use a receiver instead of the control untit. Did you get an answer to your question?
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I would recommend NOT using these with a different reciever. the Sub unit has a LF and HF passthrough filter system. the highs are directed through the amp to the satelittes. the lows to the sub, and neighter gets the other. if you can really control the passed FRQ's and keep the lows out of the signal you should be able to use them.
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Logitech replaced my entire speaker system when my Control Unit went bad, so I have a full system without a Control Unit. What I'm wondering is: is there a way to hook the sub up to a receiver? I can easily hook up the fronts, center and rears via the receiver's Class 2 Wiring hookups, but there is no way to do so with the sub, which would have to be modded. Any ideas?
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Hi EricI use powered speakers as i was told i couldnt mix powered with passive speakers.Though i have seen a link on youtube explaing how you can use both using a sound filter check it out i dont have the link.But i use powered speakers and powered bass bin.Sorry i couldnt help.Thanks from Barry.
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John L. Moncrief says: "The receiver works and the subwoofer works with the speaker wire connections."So R u using speaker wire to power the sub, oR R u Using a subwoofer cable, Or are U using both? U need a Sub cable/spdif cable, 1 N the same in name. "So why doesn't the RCA connection work when plugged into the receiver??"If u have the RCA and Speaker wire plugged up 2gether then there will be a prob. U can only power a sub w/A cable. Hope it helps BTW what type of sub are u running?
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I'm reading through the manual in anticipation of mine arriving, and it looks like you can wire them separately. The complexity comes from the fact that there appear to be two separate drivers in the speaker enclosure, but you only have a single center channel out of the receiver. The simple way to go is to only drive one of the speakers, and ignore the second driver in the enclosure. If you want to be adventurous, you could think about wiring the two speakers in parallel. The drivers appear to be 8ohm, so two wired in parallel would show a 4ohm load to the receiver. If the receiver is rated to handle a 4 ohm load, then you should be good to go. If, on the other hand you were to wire them in series, you would get a 16 ohm load, which would be easier for the receiver to drive, but would probably be too quiet. Good Luck
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You can connect these speakers to a PC the same manner you would connect an Ipod to these speakers. I currently have this running through my computer, and it's pretty good sound. I simply have a stereo to rca cable running from my PC to my receiver, plugged into any of it's audio ports (I used CD), and you are good to go.
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Your speakers are rated at 120 watts, I recently bought a pair to use in the rear of a surround sound system. This receiver is rated at 100 watts per channel. Your speakers are a perfect match for this receiver.
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No such thing as a stupid question,these are not what you need, these are very nice stereo receiver speakers, what you need will cost much less than these. These will not work for just hooking to your computer, not at all.
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I don t understand this comment! Have you set them up? I have had them for seven months and they work fine. You need a receiver with adequate power. The speakers are attached to a receiver not a TV.
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I see that the ohms and amps of the receiver meets the speaker requirements, so I dont see an issue with the combination. The speakers are good for any low end setup, check out others such as Bose, Definitive technology,Energy around the same price range. Listen to sound from these speakers, the preference varies from person to person, some look for low frequency specifically, some look for overall performance...it depends!
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It is better to have speakers with wattage ratings higher than the receiver. 150 watt speakers will work fine with this receiver as long as they can handle 8ohms. Check the ohm ratings for the speakers, you did not say what kind of speakers you have so I can't answer that. Look on the rear of the speakers for the ohm rating.
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Question about the B speakers. I have the right settings to make the B speakers work (thanks for that info) but there is on on set of lugs for the B speakers so they don't play in stereo. (I put both speakers on the one set of B lugs.) Is there another way the B speakers should be wired?
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The Speakers are VERY Efficient. More than most on the market and they can get very loud with little power.Most receivers will play these speakers. They do not require gobs of power likke other speakers do.
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Hi Ben, believe it or not, you don't even need a receiver for these speakers because they have on-board amp and EQ. This means you don't need the "middle man". You can go directly from your music source to the speaker, or you can go from your music source, to a mixer, and from the mixer to the speakers. These are active speakers, which means they do not need a powered channel, all they need is the audio signal and the speakers do the rest. These speakers make an absolutely badass home-theater setup. I have a pair of XLR-to-RCA speaker cords and I just plug the RCA end into the red/white(L/R) output channels on my Blu-ray, plug the XLR into my mixer, then run a cord to each speaker and press play. If your receiver has a set of RCA outputs, I don't see why you couldn't use these in place of normal satellite speakers. Awesome sound quality, AMAZING volume and bass. Hell, sometimes I even plug my mp3 player directly into the speaker using a 1/8"-to-1/4" converter plug and crank it up. All I need is music, and a power outlet and I'm set. Honestly, I have replaced every speaker I've ever had with just one set of these JBL's. I use them for everything(Home theater, music listening, studio monitors, amplifying musical instruments, mobile dj-ing, etc..). Just buy them man, you'll be happy :)
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They sound great. Think the manufacturer recommends setting to 100hz, I run mine at 80hz crossover and they sound perfect. Guess if you set to 50hz to find out, but would not recommend it, 80hz is the thx setting anyway. It would probably do 50-60hz no problem, but draw extra power from the receiver, when it should be for your mains.
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I had better luck with a company called amphony. But yes these work with any receiver. You hook the transmitter up using speaker wire to the receiver then you hook two receivers to each back speaker. Each component plugs into an electrical outlet. There are three pieces all hard wired to an electrical outlet, the receiver and back left and back right. I bought this and one speaker recever didnt work at all. I contacted customer service and to this day no one ever contacted me. I bought an amphony system that works the same way and everything works fine.
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Any standard home audio receiver will work with these. As a general rule, more power is better, but these speakers are very efficient so they will play loud with any receiver from 50 watts up. I have mine on a 100 wpc Yamaha receiver in a 25 x 35' room, and it's more volume than we can stand.
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I have a TX-SR806 ONkyo receiver and wanted to know if a 100 watt subwoofer is good for this? I have (mirage) nano 5.0 speakers and am looking to buy a (klipsch) polk a subwoofer psw10 that puts out 100 watts. thanks