Subwoofer hook up

>07-10-12: Ryriken
>You can run them full range, just use the pre-amp out to your sub inputs. I think this will work, Try to experment with cross over and volume control too.

You generally don't want to run speakers full-range with the sub since that does nothing to reduce

1. The IM midrange distortion and perhaps ultimately damage inducing excursion which is quadrupling with each octave lower in sealed enclosures until they start rolling off, becoming what it would be without the enclosure in ported ones, and octupling in dipoles.

2. The SBIR notch on non-dipoles where bass reflections off the front wall are 180 degrees out of phase

The exception is sealed enclosures with a high-enough resonance (120Hz is a good idea for 6" mid-woofers) that they're not going to approach their linear limits without high Q which causes a pass-band bump to simulate the bass they're missing when run without .

Drew, this is what i do with my Merlin TSMXe speakers, per Bobby at Merlin.
He told me to run them full range and crossover at 45hz.I also use a sealed boxed subwoofer, like the Merlins which are also sealed.

Thanks, but no one has answered the question. WILL the xover setting on the sub filter the low frequencies going to the Maggies IF I wire them as described?

07-10-12: Secretguy
>Thanks, but no one has answered the question. WILL the xover setting on the sub filter the low frequencies going to the Maggies IF I wire them as described?

Some and probably not how you want.

The speaker level filters are not variable (that'd be too expensive), are first order which would allow dipole excursion to still quadruple with each lower octave, try for a high frequency (like 120Hz) to protect small satellites, and do nothing to compensate for speaker impedance.

I'd buy a home theater receiver and use that if I were you.

A more audiophile approved solution would be a separate power amp and outboard sub-woofer cross-over.

Thanks Drew.