Thank you nekoaudio. You are very knowledgeable and you raise a very good point (
And that you're currently okay with the fact both the L/R speakers and the f112 are receiving the full-range audio) - it's probably not a good set up in the audiophile world to have full full range audio going to the subwoofer. Since my Von Schweikerts VR4 can handle full range I should probably not introduce f112 for stereo listening.
I had benchmark DAC1 set up in the calibrated mode and used the Marantz analog to route anything under 120Hz to f112 and everything else to the VR4 - and that brought the mids to life with better soundstage. I really enjoyed that. I was told or maybe I misunderstood that the DAC2 having the HT bypass mode would be the perfect solution for being able to use the DAC and watch movies without switching. But never understood that for stereo 2.1 listening (using DAC2 preamp) and watching movies there is no 'sharing' the subwoofer.
I had benchmark DAC1 set up in the calibrated mode and used the Marantz analog to route anything under 120Hz to f112 and everything else to the VR4 - and that brought the mids to life with better soundstage. I really enjoyed that. I was told or maybe I misunderstood that the DAC2 having the HT bypass mode would be the perfect solution for being able to use the DAC and watch movies without switching. But never understood that for stereo 2.1 listening (using DAC2 preamp) and watching movies there is no 'sharing' the subwoofer.