I'm also in the camp that prefers to run my main speakers full range, and just use to sub to augment the bottom octave or so. Some male vocals can go down near 60hz, and are best reproduced by your main speakers so the fundamental notes plus their harmonics all come from the same place, where they stand a much better chance of sounding like a single coherent music wave. . Just my 2 cents.
Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway
I want to insert a high pass filter between my preamp and amp (both Benchmark) so I can limit the frequencies going to my full range speakers (Ref 3A Nefes II) to over 100Hz with a 24 db/oct. slope. The 3 possible ways are passive, active, or digitally (A to D then D to A where this is done through software). I am seeking opinions on which method would be the least intrusive to the original signal (ie. best sounding). Thanks for any replies.