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It depends on your preamp/receiver...

I run my subs from an extra preamp outs using interconnects and wire the speakers directly from the amp. In this case my speakers start falling off at 80 hz and it's easy to adjust the subs to integrate in below that.

Most receivers have a sub out and would be wired the same way which I also do on an HT system, but that receiver also has a mic and setup that takes care of the xover and level issues between the sub and the main speakers.

OTOH, my son added a sub to a preamp with only one set outputs for the amp. In that case, we ran speaker wires to the sub which handles the xover and provides terminals to then run speaker wire from the sub to the speakers. It worked quite well too.

Generally, I prefer to run the speakers full range and directly from the amp and run interconnects to the sub and adjust it to fill in below. But then again, my son's setup using speaker wire through the sub worked beautifully though that configuration would depend on how good the sub xover is.

-Rod


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