subwoofer connection help

[o0akoni0o]

i have an onkyo 5.1 htib system which i am in the midst of replacing all speakers with better component ones. problem is the original passive subwoofer was connected to the receiver (onkyo ht-r330) via a single speaker level output. the new sub is a velodyne 10" which has both l/r rca connections and l/r speaker level inputs. can i get away with just connecting either the left or right speaker level input on the sub? or will i have to run the mains through the sub?

 

[ashmedai]

Generally you connect it to the Left channel of the sub in that case.

A subwoofer with a single driver can only accept a single signal anyway, so separate left and right signals would have been merged to start with. The only difference with a single-output source is that the source is doing it for you.