Receiver Connections to Sub Woofer?

Hello everyone!

First, I want to say sorry if this post is in the wrong forum, I'm still new. :)

I am going to be getting a new receiver, speakers, and sub woofer. I am looking at the Denon AVR-890 and most likely a Polk sub woofer.

I have attached images of the connections for each device. I am wondering what I can use to connect the two? I see that the back of the sub has binding post and connections for LFE.

I am just not certain on how to connect the two and which is best. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for helping out the newbie! :)

Hello everyone!

First, I want to say sorry if this post is in the wrong forum, I'm still new. :)

I am going to be getting a new receiver, speakers, and sub woofer. I am looking at the Denon AVR-890 and most likely a Polk sub woofer.

I have attached images of the connections for each device. I am wondering what I can use to connect the two? I see that the back of the sub has binding post and connections for LFE.

I am just not certain on how to connect the two and which is best. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for helping out the newbie! :)

As far as I know, you would just connect the Subwoofer output on the Denon to the Line In on the Sub.

DeadHead68

What are the binding posts for?

What are the binding posts for?

I have no idea. :what:

Use the sub out or lfe out from the reciever to the lfe in on the sub. The posts are used when your reciever does not have an lfe or sub out. You would run your speaker wire from your reciever to the binding post and then to your speaker.

I downloaded the manual from Polk's website and I have attached an image from the manual detailing how to setup the sub woofer with the binding posts.

Which is a better method?
Using the speaker wire and binding posts or connecting the sub via LFE?

I downloaded the manual from Polk's website and I have attached an image from the manual detailing how to setup the sub woofer with the binding posts.

Which is a better method?
Using the speaker wire and binding posts or connecting the sub via LFE?

Since the receiver you posted has a subwoofer out, I would use that.

DeadHead68

I downloaded the manual from Polk's website and I have attached an image from the manual detailing how to setup the sub woofer with the binding posts.

Which is a better method?
Using the speaker wire and binding posts or connecting the sub via LFE?

Low Frequency Effects is generally better.

What kind of cable is an LFE cable? Is it something that I can terminate the ends myself so I can get a custom length?

Thanks for all the help again! :)

What kind of cable is an LFE cable? Is it something that I can terminate the ends myself so I can get a custom length?

Thanks for all the help again! :)

Just a standard (coax) cable with RCA terminals on each end. Nothing special.

Hello everyone!

First, I want to say sorry if this post is in the wrong forum, I'm still new. :)

I am going to be getting a new receiver, speakers, and sub woofer. I am looking at the Denon AVR-890 and most likely a Polk sub woofer.

I have attached images of the connections for each device. I am wondering what I can use to connect the two? I see that the back of the sub has binding post and connections for LFE.

I am just not certain on how to connect the two and which is best. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for helping out the newbie! :)

First let me say that I think it's very important, spend a little extra money on banana plugs for plugging in the speaker wire to the receiver speaker terminals. When I was installing a bare wire onto the binding posts my fat wire toughed the terminal and the receiver chassis possibly frying my $4,800 dollar receiver! I'm hoping the Denon repair facility can fix it in two weeks, it's ten years old though!

First let me say that I think it's very important, spend a little extra money on banana plugs for plugging in the speaker wire to the receiver speaker terminals. When I was installing a bare wire onto the binding posts my fat wire toughed the terminal and the receiver chassis possibly frying my $4,800 dollar receiver! I'm hoping the Denon repair facility can fix it in two weeks, it's ten years old though!

Of course if everything was turned off, like it should have been, you wouldn't have had that problem...