Dear @dlcockrum : I know that the Krell amp is a powerful item but even that and even that works almost all tghe time looking 2 ohms impedance from the Thiels this means more distress and higher distortion that if the amp works at a little higher impedance. That distress could means too more " fatigue " for the amp power suply and output transistors. So, it's not only to think that the amp can make " easy " that work, there are side issues to look for and care.
My suggestion of that tefloncap/nude Vishay resistor at the amp inputs still is a good alternative and inside that first order Thiel filter design. As a fact is the kind of filter that makes less harm to the sound signal.
No one sub I know works in the high pass with first order filter design.
When we are talking of subwoofers for an stereo system dedicated to listen music there is one parameter of critical importance and this is the THD of the subwoofer and in this regards no one is even near the 0.5% of thwe sealed Velodynes thank's that its design monitoring the woofer excursions over 16K times per second to mantain that so lower THD. Nothing can beat it on quality performance. Otehr can go lower or sound more powerful but with loweer quality performance and its croosver design is a decent one.
I own the out of production HGS-15 but you can find out ( second hand ) the DD-15 ( newer model. ) that in my opinion performs better than the DD-18 or in my case HGS-18.
In the other side you can buy a top croosover to hadle the signal from your preamp to the Krell and to the RELs.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
My suggestion of that tefloncap/nude Vishay resistor at the amp inputs still is a good alternative and inside that first order Thiel filter design. As a fact is the kind of filter that makes less harm to the sound signal.
No one sub I know works in the high pass with first order filter design.
When we are talking of subwoofers for an stereo system dedicated to listen music there is one parameter of critical importance and this is the THD of the subwoofer and in this regards no one is even near the 0.5% of thwe sealed Velodynes thank's that its design monitoring the woofer excursions over 16K times per second to mantain that so lower THD. Nothing can beat it on quality performance. Otehr can go lower or sound more powerful but with loweer quality performance and its croosver design is a decent one.
I own the out of production HGS-15 but you can find out ( second hand ) the DD-15 ( newer model. ) that in my opinion performs better than the DD-18 or in my case HGS-18.
In the other side you can buy a top croosover to hadle the signal from your preamp to the Krell and to the RELs.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.