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Greetings HT buffs! May I pick your brains? Recently bought a home, and to my surprise there were speakers already in the ceiling, as well as a passive subwoofer in the wall (below "R. Surr." in diagram, near floor). Over the past couple months I crafted a strategy to improve upon this room (rewire to 14 gauge wire, move two of the ceiling speakers to the back of the room for a total of 6 atmos, and add some on-wall speakers for sides/rears).
Opening up the subwoofer to check it out, I discovered it is passive, and has L/R +/- (4) inputs and the same number of outputs. Wires were running back up to the fronts (presumably lows filtered out, staying at the sub). It is my understanding that this type of filtering is pointless now, as the AVR will do it. Plus it's more connections and extra cabling. The diagram for the room is attached.
Is it reasonable to use the existing passive sub with a single cable (+/-) running to it? Will my Denon even work with a passive sub (I only see Subwoofer labels in the pre-out section)? Should I be taking that passive sub out of the wall, patching the drywall, and buying an active sub or two and placing them elsewhere in the room? If I have to run cable for the sub (is wireless an option?) I need to figure that out now, as the handymen are here the next couple of days and I didn't anticipate this complication.
Thank you for any help or advice!
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Equipment: Denon 8500HA, Elan ME650C (6x ceiling speakers existing, for Atmos, and I figure even 15 year old speakers will be fine for this), Elan MP800S (passive sub), and then a suite of 7 Dali Oberons for the main speakers.
Opening up the subwoofer to check it out, I discovered it is passive, and has L/R +/- (4) inputs and the same number of outputs. Wires were running back up to the fronts (presumably lows filtered out, staying at the sub). It is my understanding that this type of filtering is pointless now, as the AVR will do it. Plus it's more connections and extra cabling. The diagram for the room is attached.
Is it reasonable to use the existing passive sub with a single cable (+/-) running to it? Will my Denon even work with a passive sub (I only see Subwoofer labels in the pre-out section)? Should I be taking that passive sub out of the wall, patching the drywall, and buying an active sub or two and placing them elsewhere in the room? If I have to run cable for the sub (is wireless an option?) I need to figure that out now, as the handymen are here the next couple of days and I didn't anticipate this complication.
Thank you for any help or advice!
Credit Crunch
Equipment: Denon 8500HA, Elan ME650C (6x ceiling speakers existing, for Atmos, and I figure even 15 year old speakers will be fine for this), Elan MP800S (passive sub), and then a suite of 7 Dali Oberons for the main speakers.