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Cutting below 80 HZ on my mains, so subwoofers handle deep bass?

Sorry in advance if these are obvious questions.

I recently picked up two Rythmik L12 active subs to go with my Tekton Lore towers (10" full range driver with super tweeter). The Lores do an admirable job with deep bass (down to 30 HZ) but the L12s destroy them in quality and depth of the low-end.

The towers and subs use separate pre-amp outputs, but share one volume control. The subs are set at 80 HZ and below. Because the towers and subs currently share a lot of the same frequencies (which can potentially cause the bass to be overwhelming) is it possible to add an external crossover style device to cut 80 HZ and below from the main towers? It may improve the mids and highs if the tower drivers aren’t working as hard? And the sound may seem cleaner with greater instrument separation?

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The timing of this latest thread is perfect. I just purchased (on the way) Modwright LS36.5 linestage with a custom modification.  On my request to integrate a sub in a two channel setup, the wonderful folks at Mod configured the unit's only XLR input as a second pair of fully balanced XLR output.  A bit of sacrifice with one less input, but I gained a pair of fully balanced outputs, wired in parallel to drive my awesome JL Audio F212v2.  Until now, I used this sub exclusively with my HT setup. 

Since LS36.5 don't have a internal crossover for sub, I am hoping to tame the 'beast' with its internal crossover. My main speakers are 800D2 which produce adequate bass on most tracks but at times I miss that deep bass on some of my favorite tracks. 

@dlcockrum,  I agree with your comment.
"Third, subwoofers integrate better with full-range speakers when they are felt and not heard".
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