how can I use main speakers to replace sub?


Hi,
I am in the unusual situation where my main speakers (Evolution acoustics MM3, 2 15" woofers in each) are much more capable in the bass than my BC acoustique sub (12"). I am hesitating between buying a pair of Fathom F113 to replace my current sub or, as a cheapest alternative to run w/o subwoofer, and have the L/R speakers reproduce the sub signal. This option makes sense as I was planning to replace my receiver anyway...

Do you know if there is any processor that allows that?
Sorry if it is a stupid question but I couldn't find how to achieve this configuration with my current Pioneer receiver: if I select "no sub" it looks like the complete sub signal is lost.
stereotaipei
Yeah - as Elvick rightly says this is normally no problem as almost any DSP pre-amp should be able to redirect the 0.1 channel to any of the speakers you choose.
Dolby allows (or even suggests) decoders discard the LFE channel when no sub-woofer is present due to the excessive headroom requirements.

You'll need a preamp or receiver which doesn't do this.
Lexicon processors will downmix LFE to the main channels at a configurable level. Through the MC-1 the peak limiter could only be applied to the sub channel (I don't know about the newer models)
Your Pioneer surely will send the LFE(on DD or DTS 5.1 sources) to the front L/R speakers if you set it to "no sub", but you will need to set the front L/R speakers to "large". As others have said, I wouldn't try to crank it very loud with a receiver.

I am running like this with my Sony DA4ES and Legacy Signature II speakers with pretty good success. I don't get any where near "reference levels", however.
I run no sub with my Rotel and they sound great (I get usable bass to 16hz)