line level crossover for subwoofer


Hello, I’m looking for recommendations for a line level active crossover. I plan to use it in conjunction with a low watt tube amp and subwoofer. My 300B amp only puts out around 4 clean watts. I want to eliminate the low frequencies to the amp below around 150 HZ and have a good sub do the heavy lifting. I guess I would need a separate preamp as well in order to adjust the volume of both amps. Any thoughts?

Thanks

dtapo

Your idea is decent, my Raven Blackhawk has a sub out option that starts rolling off at 80. Only 3dB/octave but saves the amp a lot as this is where the power is. It does make the amp sound a little better. 150Hz is however way too high. Also Raven implements theirs differently, passively, as otherwise the loss in fidelity would be greater than the gain from the crossover.

Therein lies your problem. You want to take an amp, the magic of which stems from an ultra-simple and pure signal path, and run that signal through a maze of circuits and interconnects. This is gonna be an improvement? All in the hopes of gaining a dB or two more volume? This is gonna be worth it?

I don't think so. I think you will spend a lot of money only to wind up scratching your head wondering why so many guys talk so much about more always being better?

My advice is, don't put legs on a snake. You bought an amp specifically designed with the express intent of casting a spell. So, maximize the spell. Pair it with some proper SET speakers like Tekton Perfect SET, that are both high sensitivity and tuned a bit warm to sound better at single digit watt SET levels. 

 

+1 JL CR-1. So many others, Bryston, Marchand, First-watt. Really depends on how much $$ you want to spend. Behringer, Ashley, TDM, DBX and many other DSP's I've never tried.

YAWN ….. So Tedious

”My advice is, don't put legs on a snake. You bought an amp specifically designed with the express intent of casting a spell. So, maximize the spell. Pair it with some proper SET speakers like Tekton Perfect SET, that are both high sensitivity and tuned a bit warm to sound better at single digit watt SET levels. ”