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Do you use a Subwoofer when listening to stereo?

I thought using a 12 inch b&w asw 2000 sub would b good to allow my b&w 804 d3’s to better handle freq above 80 hz (ie. benefit from sharing burden).  I am not sure this is prudent as my well powered 804s can probably handle those lower frequencies just fine, and may make them sound better vs cutting them off from flowing thru the 804s.
My Stereo listening is done by streaming thru a nucleus connected via usb to a chord Hugo tt2 and then to a marantz 5014 via coaxial, then to a McIntosh mc255 and then off to speakers referred to above

 Does excluding sub from stereo make sense?
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dbphd
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The Velodyne SMS-1 acoustic room corrector has a single XLR LFE input.  Is it OK to use a splitter to mix the LR outputs from the preamp for input to the SMS-1 -- assuming full-range preamp output into an LFE input is not a problem?

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dbphd
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mijostyn, the Ayre preamp has two pair of analog outputs.  Are you implying that using a splitter to mix the output of one pair is likely to effect the output of the other pair?  

I suppose an alternative is to take the second output from the Ayre preamp to the LR inputs of the Bryston SP3 processor set to by-pass, and take its sub output to the SMS-1 acoustic room corrector.  The SP3 does have digital bass management and I think by-pass mode lets the Ayre control the volume.

Just to be clear, for stereo the setup is Roon via ethernet to Ayre QX-5 endpoint, balanced analog to Ayre KX-5/20 preamp and VX-5/20 amp.  

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