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Ron Temple wrote:
 My understanding is that there is no loss of signal using a Y. I had no problems when running duals. |
As far as I understand there is a certain amount of power "loss" or rather split. Since the receiver cannot tell that there is a Y adapter plugged into it so if it only sends out X amount of power to a single sub it will send the same amount to a pair of subs connected through a Y adapter. This means that the power is split when sent over a Y adapter so it can reach both subs. I never said this was really a problem (hence the quotes) as there are a few easy fixes such as turning up the gain on the sub or simply going to the receiver's option for speaker loudness level and turning up the subs. Either way a larger signal will be sent to the split path allowing for no actual loss. The real key is make sure you level match your speakers after using a Y adapter and adding a new sub and you will be fine either way and in reality you should do that any if you are adding a sub anyways.