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Not necessarily.

Personally, I would never opt to feed the mains "through" the subwoofer. The cheap crossovers used in many subs are not always transparent enough, at least not to my ears.

I have always found it preferable to run the mains full range, as long as they are not teeny, tiny mains such as NHT Superzeros (for example) and maybe even if they are. I simply wouldn't trust the crossovers in most subs to divide the signal accurately.

Patiently going by ear (one speaker at a time if using two subs) while feeding the sub it's own dedicated line level signal, I blend in the subwoofer(s) using the lowest possible crossover point and the highest possible volume setting. As long as I keep the crossover setting below 60 hz or so (usually, it's closer to 40 hz!), I never have problems with the subwoofer(s) calling attention to themselves.

Also, I think that subwoofers sometimes create their own harmonics. Cabinet and/or driver resonances, mostly. Once again, keeping the crossover point as low as possible helps with this.


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