How Does the Vandersteen 2W Work?

Shersta,

To reiterate everyone else, you will not be able to hook up the 2W the way you mentioned. It has high-level inputs only. If you want to use line-level, you would need to go with a V2W. 2W and 2WQ are made for listening to music in a stereo system. The V2w was made for home theater applications.

That being said, I use two 2ws in my stereo/home theater set up and they work great. You don't really need to use a separate LF channel.

A single 2w will work just fine in my experience, but you will need to run it as Ian has described. Once you have the x-over dialed in using the adjustable x-over, the fixed value x-overs are highly recommended.

To use the 2W, you need to install the Vandersteen crossover between the pre-amp and the amp, and then run cables from the main amp outputs to the sub. The crossover drops the strength of the bass frequencies, then the built-in amp in the sub boosts them back up again. Running it without the crossover can apparantly damage the sub.

--Ian