Non-powered Subwoofer to Receiver without a input

Joeslop

So I just bought a new Home Theatre Receiver (Insignia 5.1 channel ) to replace my old crappy one that kicked the bucket. The speakers still work fine so I kept them; the problem is that my Subwoofer is non-powered, and that receiver only has a powered slot. Is there an adaptor or something that exists so I can plug my Subwoofer in, or am I going to have to buy a new one that's powered? I did a little bit of looking around on the Internet but my google-fu is weak.

EDIT: On a related note if the above isn't possible, anyone know a cheap decent 100w powered sub?

AtomBomb

The adapter you're looking for would actually be another amp. Generally dedicated sub amps are for more high end systems than what you've got. You could just pick up a cheap amplifier and put it between your new receiver and the sub, but with your setup you're probably better off just getting a powered sub.

Ohio

I remember when the HTiB receiver I was using died. Like you I figured, I'll get an actual receiver and keep using the speakers that still worked fine. My sub wasn't powered either.

When I spent an hour trying to figure out why the sub wasn't working (the idiot at Best Buy promised me it would) I finally called Yamaha (the maker of the receiver) and asked them what was wrong. When I told them the sub wasn't powered the guy on the phone laughed at me like I was the stupidest person he'd ever talked to. Shitty customer service but at least I realized that going out and buying a powered sub was a good idea.

I got a Yamaha sub, since the receiver was a Yamaha. Just seemed like the right thing to do, despite the asses they apparently have working for them. I don't know how many watts mine is, I forget. But I paid $150 for it (they did have cheaper ones) and it's way more powerful than the non-powered one I had and I'm glad I did it.

EDIT: Also keep in mind that the sub may not come with the audio cable you need to connect it to the receiver. Mine didn't. Just another way to make money I guess. That cable is just a basic audio cable and should be cheap, though. Just don't waste money on the Monster brand.

Joeslop

So would maybe this be a good one?

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/Search.do?c=1&searchType=user&keyword=sa-w2500&searchSection=All&go.x=0&go.y=0

I have no idea how Sony performs in this area.

EDIT: Well I went ahead and picked up the subwoofer. The only problem is that no bass plays whatsoever when in DTS, Dolby Digital, or Dolby Pro Logic. It plays just fine in the "Matrix, Church, Stadium, etc." modes. I have no idea what's going on.

EDIT the twice: Turns out there was some setting somewhere that I hadn't set. Receivers are confusing.