Interested approach! I have wondered this as well. I am using a Velodyne HGS-18 (currently using the crossover on the Velodyne) and my preamp is the Proceed PAV/PDSD. My right and left speakers consist of B&W 801's.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Ditch the internal xover and use the sub....
Was helping my son with his system last night. He has a Sony HT receiver and uses the pre-outs to drive Parasound amps into a pair of Mackie studio monitors as mains. Also uses a Velodyne FSR-12 sub.
No matter how we diddled the settings, the sub was boomy and nasty. Finally, I ran the pre-out directly to the sub and sent the high-pass line out from the sub to the Parasound amp. Designated the Mackies as "large" so the LFE went there instead of to the now-unused sub out. HUGE improvement. Hard to believe the Sony internal Xover was that bad or that the Velodyne was that much better (I'm not a fan of either brand). Any thoughts?
No matter how we diddled the settings, the sub was boomy and nasty. Finally, I ran the pre-out directly to the sub and sent the high-pass line out from the sub to the Parasound amp. Designated the Mackies as "large" so the LFE went there instead of to the now-unused sub out. HUGE improvement. Hard to believe the Sony internal Xover was that bad or that the Velodyne was that much better (I'm not a fan of either brand). Any thoughts?