Definitely a fan of powered separate subs.
just moving the subs around had a big impact.
Active crossover, then bi-amp, move sub freqs off of main speakers and amps don’t need to try to push those frequencies either. For my old ears, I also limit the top end frequencies. I can’t hear them anyway so why should I have my amps trying to push them? (Personally, I limit high end to 18khz, I can’t hear anything up there anyway.)
i know, I know.. but “I” cannot hear the difference, so I prefer to enhance what I can hear.
I like it this way. Seems my amps and speakers do also.