I have a Pioneer Premier TS-W1500SPL 10 inch sub and I want to test it at home to make sure it still works. It is already wired parallel in side the box
Can I just hook the box up to one of the channles in my home stereo?

I just need to test it for about 5-10 seconds

If all you want to know is if the sub works, then yes.

But don't expect much.
You will be sending an un-crossed over signal to the sub.

thanks for the help

Can an un-crossed over signal harm your sub?

Not if hooked up temporarily, and if you have music with controlled frequencies, like a bass test CD it's always best to test with that.

A subwoofer can life a long life happily playing full range sound - it just sounds like ass as the frequencies climb.

I'd be more concerned about the home receiver running what looks like a 2 ohm load. Keep it down and just for a minute...

i agree with paul...full range wont hurt your sub the least bit...it will just sound like ass.

Be damn careful with your home reciever....most home recievers only want a 8 0hm load....anything lower and your going to be pulling a lot more juice from it than normal and that could be a bad bad thing.

If youre going to do it, keep the volume low - dont try to make the woofer move too much - if at all.

Just my $0.02

[ November 24, 2003, 12:10 PM: Message edited by: Mr Plow ]

Can you rewire it in series so it will get a higher load that won't hurt your receiver?
(ie dual 4 ohms paralleled = 2ohm, while series = 8 ohm. Series is much more home amp friendly - but is not an ideal set up.

I have a brand new Pioneer home receiver and what it lets you do is wire up the rear surround channels to let you add on a passive subwoofer. So I wired up my dual 4 ohm sub to show 8 ohms and hooked it up. I was unimpressed the 110 watts did nothing to move the sub.