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In Reply to: RE: Best Subwoofer Connection posted by RandyB&W on January 02, 2017 at 15:10:37
Wow! It seems pretty easy to try both configurations and pick the one that sounds best to you. Anyway, I think that's what I would do.
Good luck,
John Elison
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I would do as the manual says and use the crossover they provide. The reason is the same reason that multiple drivers and crossovers in speakers are used - at the very least, less IM distortion.
If you run the full range speakers direct you are likely to have to turn the bass down and the chances of the turnover being just right are slim and none and slim has not been seen in a while. So that'll warp your bass response, not quite what you bought subs for.
Also, you would have bass coming out of four sources rather than two. Unless you stack your full range right on top of the subs that makes placement more of a PITA.
Personally, I would be tempted to use the full range as full range and the subs right under them and fix it with an equalizer because I am a bass junkie. However setting that could prove a bit tricky. I like alot of bass but only good, well defined bass. I am quite sensitive to it actually, to the point of not liking ported speakers. the rolloff at the bottom is too steep.
But really, if you want flat response I would use the crossovers AND put the highs (no longer full range once through the crossover) right on top of them anyway.
What's wrong with testing the subs both ways and picking the configuration that sounds best. Some subwoofers don't have built-in high-pass crossovers. Mine don't! Therefore, I run my main speakers full-range and set my subs for 50-Hz low-pass. My system sounds great!
Did you know that using a high-pass filter on the main speakers will alter phase response well into the upper bass and lower midrange? My Thiel speakers are linear-phase speakers and I do not want to destroy their phase response with high-pass filters.
With all the attention, money, speaker cables, high quality crossover parts, expensive drivers, WHY !!! would you want to put a cheaply made crossover before your speakers????
Did you ever open one of those amps up and actually look at that crossover. You might as well be using Radioshack parts for your speakers crossover.
The "sound/funtion" of a subwoofer is so imprecise and non directional, that a few HZ either way is NOT going to matter much.
Just hook up your sub the best way it sounds to you.
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