How To Hook Up An Amp to a Home Stereo

today I show you how to add an Amp to your home stereo system.

[@GumonX]

man! was hard to find this video, this is exactly what i was wondering, if i added an external amp for my front speakers AND using the preouts of my recievers the volumen control of my receiver will work! and only this video has the answer! thank you :) i know a pre amp is the better way, at least that is what the expert always tell, but 1300$ for a parasound preamp? man... no bueno... at least not rightnow but maybe in the future

[@-Tyreal_Awesome-112-]

Would be a nice first setup, reminds me starting out getting stereo amplifiers and running cd output receiver or whatever u want to call it that

[@broman3685]

New sub. Thank you for simplifying my life

[@williamjverhagen]

Can you do a video on how to hook up a vintage wifi receiver or amp to a surround sound system. I have a vintage Marantz system that I want to incorporate into a 5-1 surround sound system to make it better sounding.

[@EverydayMan]

I don't own that equipment

[@Sunrayman123]

Nice video! The speakers look BAD ASS!

[@EverydayMan]

They are!

[@alfredbrown7608]

Great video buddy very helpful information

[@EverydayMan]

Thanks!

[@NerdyMeathead]

If you have superpower-hungry speakers, you can remove the jumpers on the back and bi-amp by using the speaker terminals for the mids and tweeters and the crown amp for the woofers.

[@conniecostner9665]

Hi, i have a Sony STR-DH590 in my living room and a vintage receiver in my she cave. My Sony keeps saying protect i think and then cuts off. I took a shelf out of my cabinet to keep it cooler because i feel alot of heat coming from the top of it. What do you recommend? I thought of maybe hooking a small fan to the wall behind it to blow cooler air onto it. It used to never do this. 😊

[@DJT1966]

This was good video . But I still needed it dumbed down for the 2nd portion where he was making connections in front of the TV. It’s definitely one of those it’s not you it’s me moments I suppose . I’ll keep re watching to make sure I got it right . Thanks for your instruction and video .

[@EverydayMan]

It's really simple when you get it.

[@boballard6040]

Well done! I knew it was simple but needed the visual!

[@EverydayMan]

Glad I could help!

[@TrygveJohannSørensen]

I do this in my setup aswell. I use a hifi stereo / surround system and to get the best quality in stereo. I rynd my nad c356bee for my dali mentor 2's through my nad t757 reciever. A high quality stereo amp ALWAYS beats a reciever.. even high end like nad and marantz..

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Good video!

[@Poetry.Heaven]

Which preout option I use on my receiver. There is one which says preout front amp and other one preout rear amp

[@stephendeleon594]

The volume will be controlled by the receiver not the amp, correct?

[@EverydayMan]

That's right

[@pacman-qt1ix]

Can I use 4 ons and 2 ons on the crown

[@adamkedzielski7426]

Hello, I have a question If I connect two external amplifiers to the pre out and pre out zone 2 in this onkyo amplifier, will both external amplifiers work at the same time?

[@Lord_Fidel]

What if my amp does not have a PRE output? I've tried using a high to low converter which resulted in horrible noise, maybe I plugged it wrong?

[@tomaszbroniarczyk8342]

I have a question, is it possible to connect the receiver with the subwoofer output to the car amplifier and power the subwoofer

[@heroyuy71]

What setting input did you use?

[@Texas059]

I have a receiver pioneer but I want to connect another amp for more Power my pioneer receiver does not have pre-out How can I connected or do I need a device

[@EverydayMan]

I think so.

[@matthewcuccia7671]

@@EverydayMan I use a converter, the art clean box pro. And use the headphone jack on the receiver to get signal to my DJ/pro audio amp. The converter has level knobs to adjust how much signal is passing through. Nice clean signal with adjustments to dial in the desired output.

[@gunnardegard1154]

Do you just need 1 Crown amp and NOT 2 per speaker.??? I use 2 Rotel RB 991(Classics Amp) but they cant give my CV XLS 215 speakers what they need.. So I thinking of buying crown for more power, but its very sad to sell the Rotels because mine are in 100%. They are in perfect condition.!!!!!! I talked to one on youtube and he had 2 crown one per each speakers on his Cerwin V... He said that I needed 2 of the --- CROWN XLI 3500 ---- Any advice would be appreciated, PLZZZZ

[@EverydayMan]

The 215's can be bi=amped.

[@Dansthebest1]

Is there anyway to do this without pre amp on receiver

[@Poetry.Heaven]

You would do the volume control through the amplifier or your receiver? If you control the volume from one of them will the volume on other be set at minimum or what?

[@EverydayMan]

Set your amp where you want it then use your reciever volume.

[@Poetry.Heaven]

@@EverydayMan thank you for the tip but at what level my amplifier volume will be will it be minimum or what.

[@EverydayMan]

@Poetry.Heaven crank up your reciever and set your amp where you want it.

[@Poetry.Heaven]

Ok thanks

[@Poetry.Heaven]

@@EverydayMan regarding my other question on this topic would you help me out about the preamp out option on my receiver

[@vincemccarty8787]

I was thinking about getting a crown xls also but wasn't sure how much hiss I would get from the tweeters on my klipsch

[@EverydayMan]

I leave my amp on all the time and I dont have any hiss.

[@kevinsmith9635]

'LOVE THIS!! THANKS!!!

[@EverydayMan]

Glad you liked it!

[@crashedcorvette666]

Do you have to manually turn the amplifier off every time before you turn off your receiver? Basically I want to continue using my remote to turn my receiver on and off. I don't want to have to get up and turn off the amplifier and then turn the receiver off, and vice versa, get up and turn the amplifier on manually, then turn on the receiver.

[@EverydayMan]

I leave the amp on.

[@tednutter2216]

I’m trying to hook up commercial equipment to home stereo. I can send info what I got. No one seems to be able to help

[@budzlightyear2212]

How do you set it up so you're using the power of both units?? 🤔

[@EverydayMan]

I don't think you do. Not for one pair of speakers.

[@designsinorbit]

Question for ya- my pre amp is a 90's Carver and obviously doesn't have any way to sense the signal for trigger power from my receiver (so I will be pressing the power button every time). Do you know of a way to simplify this chance?

[@EverydayMan]

I leave my amp on all the time.

[@duke1281]

@@EverydayMan yes, I would say leave it 'engaged' all the time, but have it connected to an external 'on-off' like a power strip...or something... I actually deliberately wired an outlet to a light switch, so all I have to do is keep the power button in the 'On' position...and just flip the switch..and everything turns on at the same time

[@duke1281]

@@EverydayMan cause that makes sense... Lol

[@esjihn]

Hey thanks for the video. Quick question. Where did you get that tv/HT table at? I just ordered a new marantz and two amps and need more room and that one looks perfect.

[@EverydayMan]

I got them both from A1 appliance here in Louisiana.

[@esjihn]

@@EverydayMan thank you

[@EverydayMan]

@@esjihn thanks for watching!

[@conniecostner9665]

How do you like that Marantz? When I get some money saved up I want one of them or a denon! I now have a Sony dh590 and it sucks! My son gave it to me. And what's crazy is new they're around 500 bucks.

[@seymour5575]

what speakers are you using?

[@EverydayMan]

Cerwin Vega Sl 15. Check them out in this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipuZZZmiltd6ibM

[@igentlives]

Anyone in here or just the owner from this channel can you or is it possible to hook up an amplifier receiver unto a AV receiver just asking?

[@EverydayMan]

Im sure you can.

[@davidgaunt5539]

Omg I have fell down a rabbit hole with stereo equipment, I had a nice onkyo receiver did not have a pre out so I bought a 1000$ yamaha integrated amp, it clips and had to have it replaced. Now I have a new one, but it clips, the reason are my huge cerwin vega xls 215 $1700 a pair speakers , you can not hook up a amp to a integrated amp so I am out the 1000$ I spent on my Yamaha, from your video If not mistaken, I need to 1. Buy a receiver the has “pre out” my original onkyo did not” 2. Buy a amp and plug into the preout on my new receiver. 3. My cerwin vega xls 215 are rated at 500 watts, make sure the amp I buy will put out at least 400 watts I do not have connected to tv only phono cd turn table cassette and xm satellite

[@EverydayMan]

You need a reciver with a pre out definitely.

[@davidgaunt5539]

I fixed the clipping problem by the switch on the back of my Yamaha integrated amp set to 4 ohms instead of 6 ohms, hello completely woke up my Cerwin Vega xls 215’s🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@davidgaunt5539]

Did not have to spend a dime, 4 ohms instead of 6 incredible

[@EverydayMan]

@@davidgaunt5539 yeah that's important!

[@davidgaunt5539]

@@EverydayMan ok the Yamaha clipped after hours cranking the Cerwin vegas, But we’ll see, I bought too big of speakers for my power, need to up grade. 4ohms is better than 6 still

[@terrakorp4291]

Thank you kindly

[@pedrofernandez8729]

Don't you think using better quality RCA cables will improve your sound? Seems like you spend a bunch of money to do this and then use cheap RCA cables to connect it. Did you turn up the volume on the amp all the way and use the receiver to control the volume?

[@EverydayMan]

Copper is copper. Expensive cables won't make a noticeable distance. Yes I keep the amp wide open. Lol

[@trumptardtearcollector9867]

​@@EverydayMan You don't need to spend a lot of money but you should at least use some shielded cables. Amazon and monster both make some that aren't very expensive and they're better than the red and white ones you get with your equipment.

[@coreyfellows1945]

Thanks boss

[@EverydayMan]

No problem.

[@cadenhartley2337]

But can i use the receiver and amp with speakers in both?

[@EverydayMan]

Sure

[@coreyfellows1945]

Yes

[@rockstarnation121]

So I have a onkyo ts 383 and it doesn't have a pre amp or out. I'm useing klipsch and i wanna add a little more Heard useing a Xbox cord and hook it up an amp to the just the sub? But idk what can I do besides buying a new one

[@davervatx8814]

Something I've never quite understood about adding an amplifier - my stereo receiver is a 100-watt output unit, and if I put the volume up past 3 or 4 on the dial, it's so loud my walls shake and my ears bleed. Why on earth would anyone need 400 watts? You can't possibly listen to anything that loud.

[@EverydayMan]

Only when my wife isn't home 😂 but it definitely about sound quality and bass. The amp makes these speakers sound completely different. Great for movies too!

[@isaackhan6529]

I have two pb16 ultra, neighbors hates me when wife is not home 😆

[@travisproulx4841]

Let's put it this way a factory car stereo output is 25 to 50 watts per channel definitely not loud enough. My car stereo is aftermarket and also has 50watts per channel and 3 rca outputs for amps front back and sub I run 400watt mids and highs for front and back eack running 2 channel 800watt amps and I run 1 sub amp that is a mono block 2500watt amp to two 15" subwoofers in a series. Still not loud enough for me

[@65Wildkat]

How do you power the amp? Car amps use around 12+ volts! Is that what you use?

[@PetersPorsches]

I have a 120w reciver that was perfect... until I bought some huge tower speakers that suck all my power for sub par volume all around, so amps are really a setup based use case. Also you will find that if you can drive your speakers to about 80% of peak RMS they get more tight and responsive.

[@peterkiryakov8729]

What about if the receiver doesn't have pre Amp out

[@EverydayMan]

Then you can't use that receiver as far as I know.

[@peterkiryakov8729]

@@EverydayMan Thanks for the advice 🙏 👍

[@coreyfellows1945]

U can use tape out

[@davidestrada7643]

What if I want to power a subwoofer?

[@EverydayMan]

It can be bridged to hook up sub mono.

[@sideeffects6570]

Good shit. Now can you show how to hook up a car app to a receiver?

[@livebythesworddiebytheswor5969]

Isn’t the receiver an amplifier anyway ?

[@EverydayMan]

Yes, but I wanted more power.

[@JoeVillarreal-r1g]

Now all you have to do is make your sound

[@JoeVillarreal-p5u]

Ok

[@elishasrepairandmore3639]

what if the stereo doesn't have a pre amp rca

[@EverydayMan]

I don't think you can us an amp.

[@elishasrepairandmore3639]

@@EverydayMan ok so I took my IPhone with the head phone adapter and rca at the other end used a stereo equalizer and hooked it up, it play but the signal is weak, the phone volume is almost half way but the amp starts reading the signal, it gets loud but not punchy so I tried a mini pre amp phono input which boost my signal strength and gave me the punch but it sounds muddy and it starts clipping at about halfway

[@EverydayMan]

@@elishasrepairandmore3639 change the sensitivity on the amp.

[@elishasrepairandmore3639]

@@EverydayMan ok thats the switch on the back with .775 to 1.4, let me try that

[@elishasrepairandmore3639]

also I appreciate your responce

[@duke1281]

your AMP doesn't have a pre-out.. your Stereo does! @ 3:06

[@EverydayMan]

You are correct

[@duke1281]

@@EverydayMan LOL! So you caught that I caught that, huh?... Thank you so much for the video man! I have trying to decide (and looking up many videos) on how to hook up my 5.1 home theater system to a pair of Passive 14" monitors...just give my system that extra punch!.. but my stereo is bare wire connection only... and my monitors are a (well literally) a guitar jack input..(6.3mm I think)... any ideas??

[@mavicone5845]

You need some bass in yiur life

[@EverydayMan]

I agree

[@alexquiton7279]

Thank you so much for making this video. It helps me to understand how to connect. My question is I have two AVR CAN I use one of them to amplify the front Chanels LCR ? My home theater system is 7.2 thanks 😊

[@stevemendez3535]

I am totally blind. I have no vision whatsoever. I recently purchased a Sony receiver model number STR Dash K700 and it did not come with a remote sadly to say. I have a Alexa echo dot from 2021 is shaped like a hockey puck it has one power input slot, and I believe it’s a auxiliary out slot. I would call it, I was curious to know if I can connect this Alexa echo dot to my receiver because this particular model Sony STR Dash K 700 does not have an auxiliary out slot in the front or on the face of the receiver. It only has a microphone out slot so if there is a way I can hook this thing up with a particular style of cord or RCA cord. Would it be possible for you to leave me the name and the model of that particular cord because right now it is just a huge paperweight without the remote I can’t even change the tune up or tune down for AMN FM stations, thank you so much. I pray you can help keep up the great work.

[@totallyjonesin]

OMG I need help setting up my new to me sony 5130 tuner. I didn't see it has no volume control. I feel like such an idiot.

[@EverydayMan]

I got nothing for ya, sorry. I wish I could help.

[@totallyjonesin]

@@EverydayMan Thanks for the reply anyway. This thing is cool, it's got 300 ohm AM and FM external antenna connections. A 75 ohm coax external ant. jack. 4 speaker out connections, two of which are adjustable, and numerous other jacks. I hooked up some speakers to it and can tune stations AM and FM just no volume.

[@stevemendez3535]

I completely understand what you are going through. I am totally blind. I have no vision whatsoever and I recently purchased a Sony receiver. STR - K700 and it did not come with the remote so right now I cannot even change the AM/FM tuner up or tune down stations, I was trying to hook up an Alexa I have an Alexa from 2021 that is shaped like a hockey puck and it has a N put power button our suite a slot and I believe it’s an auxiliary out slot of some type but I can’t even connect that to this receiver because this particular receiver only has a microphone input slot on the face of it. There’s no auxiliary input or slot. I would call it on the face of this thing, so I was curious to know if there is a particular RCA style that I could use to plug into the back of my receiver and plug it directly into my Alexa echo dot, so don’t feel bad about your situation. You are OK. Everything is going to be great. Thank y’all very much. Hopefully y’all can give me some information on a particular jack or input wire cable that I can use to hook up this Alexa echo dot directly to the back of this Sony STR Dash K700 receiver. Thank you again have a great day.

[@ixodes4812]

This is great for old high-end stuff or new lower-end stuff. How about wiring from a preamp with the 2 RCA's to a 5-channel amp that has only one RCA input per channel, but 5 altogether?

[@EverydayMan]

I think the key word is in the title. Home Stereo

[@Bowie_knife_713]

Running 2 kicker l7 12's on a Yamaha 400 watt receiver... I need more power.

[@Random-Shorts-CJB]

Can I have my speakers for the receiver and more speakers for the external amp?

[@EverydayMan]

Yes

[@JoeVillarreal-p5u]

Man you got big speakers

[@JoeVillarreal-r1g]

Older more better

[@aaronspicer1093]

I bought the 1502 but the sub rca out of my Yamaha rx-a800 av receiver isn't high enough voltage for me to get much sound out of the crown. I am using it low pass 4 ohm stereo and high sensitivity. I am looking for a line driver.

[@kevinarcher7701]

Couple questions 1 what about a powered subwoofer how you hook it up to amp? 2 if line in has 2 speaker hook up and line 2 has 2 speaker hook ups can you play all 4 speakers at one time?

[@aojigman]

I have the same Onkyo. I have 4 speakers on the “A” channel and 4 speakers on the “B” channel. The A channel is in my house and the B channel is in my garage. It seems like the set up you describe will make the switch no longer work. Am I right?

[@EverydayMan]

That seems right.

[@jelicordova5906]

Wait so how many act cords do I need do you plug the acr from the receiver to the amplifier?

[@FaresFares-fg6or]

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[@sawyerramos3113]

so what u r saying is that I need a 5.1 amp.....

[@EverydayMan]

Not at all. It's stereo.

[@xenopac]

Mine don't have pre out with rca it just has the purple pre out but my amp don't

[@quebecforce111]

but often the receiver have better specs than the Amplifier . you want keep the speakers to the receiver

[@EverydayMan]

The amp has much more power than a receiver.

[@trumptardtearcollector9867]

Better specs don't always mean better sound. Sure The Crown is a professional amp and doesn't have as good a signal-to-noise ratio on paper But are you really gonna notice a difference.

[@Texas059]

I have a pioneer receiver it doesn’t have pre-out. How can I connect an external amplifier to boost the power? Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.

[@rotarycomptech]

Since the creator won’t answer your question, I will you cannot hook up a power amplifier to a receiver that does not have pre-amp outputs

[@darrylflemister9438]

What if you ain't got no preamp or no spots where your speaker wires go on your amplifier

[@EverydayMan]

An amp has to have both. If there were no place to put an imput or speakers it wouldn't be an amp. Lol

[@JDintheDMV]

Using the rca inputs on the back of that power amp directly to the crown is useless from what i heard. The pre out voltage from the avr is low and won’t drive the crown well. Is it true that I should be using a CleanBox Art Pro inbetween the avr and amp to convert the rca signal to balanced at a higher preamp voltage?

[@EverydayMan]

The amp has a sensitivity switch for home use.

[@JDintheDMV]

@@EverydayMan Thanks. Im going to order this amp to drive my polk audio es60’s. I wonder how the difference of bass response and sound will be instead of the yamaha avr alone. Hopefully it will wake them up. Do you recommend throwing an equalizer in the mix too?

[@EverydayMan]

@juliandavis8439 I don't have one and mine sounds great.

[@theangrykorean]

Are those the Cerwin Vega E712? Ironically, those are the speakers I am hooking up right now.

[@EverydayMan]

No, they are sl 15s

[@brittanylake6815]

@@EverydayMan I have 4 cerwin vegas running on a onkyo receiver. I never messed with amps and I'm trying to figure it out. It's real confusing lol

[@ryangilbert7606]

Hello sir. Can you run another amp from the amp you installed in the video?

[@EverydayMan]

Yes, it has a link/out connection

[@leonsines247]

Or you can use a rca splitter on the reciever pre out.....to use a amp for the subwoofer use a single male to dual female on the subwoofer out of the amp

[@therockakaada6109]

U need to get 2 subwoofers asap before u blow out ur speakers🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@EverydayMan]

They're good lol

[@therockakaada6109]

@@EverydayMan for now , but u need 2 subs asap, especially for those old school vegas, trust me , this is what I do ! U need 2 8inch subs to cover all those dead spots the Vegas can produce, this is free advice , next time I’m charging u for my expert audio advice !

[@EverydayMan]

@@therockakaada6109 Ok thanks.

[@therockakaada6109]

@@EverydayMan ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@davidestrada7643]

My reciever has a sub out, what can I connect to that?

[@EverydayMan]

A powered sub

[@loganb5657]

Now how do you hook up a subwoofer

[@EverydayMan]

I don't, I have 15" Cerwin Vegas! lol but a sub would be connected to the pre out also.

[@TheAioros261176]

Depending on your home stereo/avr amplifier, you may have a few options. Using the OP's HT amplifier, you can use rca cables from Zone 2 PreOut, or any of the rca output (grayed out). Your subwoofer should have frequency selector and volume to make sound good.

[@dkieta]

Sub woofer still through onkyo?

[@EverydayMan]

I don't have a sub. These Vegas are plenty enough!

[@willierussell6942]

Can I hook a dj sub up too amp

[@EverydayMan]

Yes

[@earlnoel4423]

Hey I watched your video,(kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYqleoSigbJ8o9k) thanks for the info. What's the proper way to put the jumper together with the 4 prong plug? The wire you have is 8/3 not 8/4.

[@EverydayMan]

Just hook the green wire to the ground connector.

[@earlnoel4423]

@@EverydayMan ok cool, so green to ground, and match the rest/ignore the red?

[@EverydayMan]

@@earlnoel4423 no back and red are hot. White is neutral and green is ground

[@earlnoel4423]

Thanks for the replies. Sorry but my confusion is that the wire I ordered from your link is only white black and green no red. So I'm left with an empty

[@EverydayMan]

@@earlnoel4423 ok, what I did was use black and white for hot and green for neutral with an empty ground.

[@BenG123]

Your stereo is old AF. Looks just like mine!

[@EverydayMan]

@BenG123 it is definitely old!! Works great though.

[@rotarycomptech]

What a joke of a video if you don’t have an amplifier with pre-amp outputs you can’t hook up a standalone amplifier anymore on can hook this stuff up. This is a pointless video.

[@EverydayMan]

@rotarycomptech what I've learned doing videos is not everyone knows how to do things that you or I know how to do. Much like you don't know how to do things that would be simple to others. And on a side note my mother raised me to not say anything if I ain't got nothing nice to say. Sadly, everyone didn't receive the same raising.