My budget was $200 for a sub. I already had the r1700bt since July and can't return for a higher model. I had a best buy gift card for $165 so I was limited there and they had an open box Klipsch r-120sw for $230. I've read that that's a pretty decent deal so I jumped on it. I then realized after ordering both the tv and the sub that I have no idea how to connect it. Everything is pretty much set for available equipment. I could look for another sub but my budget is only $200 (with the card) from best buy. Also, you mentioned digital, would it be better to just do a digital to rca converter and split it then? Or is that just as ghetto as the initial idea? If I did get another sub, I don't think there's much that would change as being stuck with the r1700bt with no sub out is really limiting. Neither have audio out either so I can't run a chain or whatever they're called. Honestly, I thought this was budget equipment as a ton of people hate on the Klipsch as you said.
Would something like
this be better if I was stuck on ghetto cables? Digital to rca converter into splitting. Sorry I'm new to this audio stuff and don't know much.
I don’t really know what a crossover is. Does the low pass knob on the back serve the same purpose? The manual says set it anywhere from 90hz-150hz for bookshelf speakers. What’s the ideal way to go about this? I don’t really know what would work besides splitting or getting a receiver. Would the receiver be the crossover? Is it worth it to invest in a cheap receiver for ~$100 or something?
How come using the digital converter is the same as using the headphone jack? Does it lose quality converting or is it because it converts twice as you said which is the same thing?
Yes the low pass on the sub controls the frequency that it will output.
90-100htz is about right, at that it will only pass low bass frequencies through which is what you want.
The issue is the edifier will also receive a full range signal.
When you use a home receiver the crossover is set on the receiver itself, it will then only pass frequencies below the set crossover to the sub and frequencies above the crossover to the speakers.
This is the 'correct' way to run bookshelf speaker with a subwoofer in theory.
What a home recievr also does is take over and maintain a set volume between sub and speakers.
Once you've set it up in essence it will always be balanced without you ever having to mess around again.
The issue with a splitter and your edifier is you end up with independant volume/bass/treble controls from the subwoofer.
Which means once you've balanced volume and bass/treble out between the need to leave all the controls on the edifiers alone.
The splitter is absolutely doable, it just complicates setting a decent audio balance up between the two.
A reciever wouldn't help you anyway because those edifiers are powered speakers, you would want passive bookshelves to use a receiver.
Also $100 wouldn't get you anything decent.
Buy the splitter cables, have a play around and try it out, ypu may be happy with it.