View Full Version : non powered sub for Onkyo 805?


rhattala
01-24-08, 08:51 PM
Can you hook up a non powered sub to the Onkyo 805?
I have one from a HTIB and its all I have until I can purchase a powered one.

RickRock
06-06-08, 07:54 PM
I just got an Infinity non-powered up for my Onkyo 805, will this work untill I can get better?

SRR
06-06-08, 08:22 PM
If it has a speaker level crossover it will work, to varying degrees. Will it be as good as a good powered sub, probably not, but it will work.

dgjr
06-06-08, 09:51 PM
Why?

RickRock
06-06-08, 10:04 PM
Why?

because it was free :D

Tulpa
06-06-08, 10:11 PM
Yeah, but if you can't hook it up, you basically have a doorstop. ;)

IIRC, the 805 has an RCA type unamplified preout for the sub channel. All the rest are standard speaker channels, and I doubt a HTIB sub would work well with any of them. Not sure about the Infinity sub. Do you have a picture of the connections available on it?