Jolida integrated with remote and pre-outs?

I don't know that the increase in bass damping of the main speakers would be much of an issue since you are wanting to remove the bass from them anyway. But, I guess you are saying that the bass they would still produce would not be as well controlled as without the passive filter.

Yes, exactly. And with an 80Hz high-pass, that conceivably could even be first-order (6db/octave rolloff), bass damping and back-emf control would still likely be a very significant consideration.

Best regards,
-- Al

OK Almarg - so high-passing speakers is bad all around, or just high-passing them through the speaker terminals (passive crossover) is bad? What about high-passing through an active crossover, either on board the sub or through a separate component? I am a wee bit lost in all the very interesting technical terms. Thanks!

Realremo -- The issues I cited apply only to high-passing at speaker level through a passive high-pass filter (which most subs do NOT do).

The high-pass filters that many subs have, which output line-level signals via rca connectors, do not have any of those issues, nor would an external active crossover. And if there are any subs that drive their high-passed speaker-level outputs from a power amplifier internal to the sub, those issues would be inapplicable to them as well.

Regards,
-- Al