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Sub-Woofer Speaker Help!

TehMiik
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Hey guys, I wondered if there were some audio guys on here who could help me out with a situation. So I picked up this Sony Sub-Woofer that performed great at my dad's house, however, when he gave it to me, I did not have an amplifier and to this day I still don't. It just has a straight sub-woofer connector and I'm wondering how to use it without an amp. I have this adapter but all it does is produce a quiet and low mono sound. Any help on what I could do would be great! 

 

P.S. I am using this with my PC for music and don't want to spend extra money. I just want a nice deep and punchy sound.

 

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The fact that it has buttons on the front with what appears to be an LED on it, is heavily suggestive that it's powered.

 

Examine it carefully, if it doesn't use standard stereo wires then it must be powered. 

 

If it was one of those desk top old school standalone stereo systems, then it could be possible that it was powered through RCA by the main system(?) 

idk how plausible that is. 

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Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm gonna go and get a Sony amp for it. Thanks again :)

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Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm gonna go and get a Sony amp for it. Thanks again :)

It already has an amp. that is what the button on the top is for. you need to put that on to make it active with it off is becomes a passive subwoofer.

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If it has a power cable, it has an amp inside.

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