Subwoofer hook up

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.

I just read the manual online and it certainly isn't clear about how the circuit works but it looks like the answer is no,it will pass the fullrange signal. The only real way to know for sure is to hook it up and see for yourself. I personally wouldn't pass the signal through the sub anyway,I prefer a direct connection for my speakers. I use speaker cables with spade ends for my speakers and put speaker cables with banana ends on the same posts on the amp to run to my sub. I then tuned my sub to blend nicely near the bottom of my speakers range and it all sounds great.

As it turns out, it doesn't matter anyway. After setting up the Maggies, there is more than enough wonderful, musical bass. As a previous Maggie owner, I should have known this, but feared that the smaller MG12 would be deficient. It isn't!! So...no sub for 2 channel!