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Hello All,  is there any point, any discernable advantage, to go to the hassle of including your subwoofer in the signal path of a bi-wired speaker system? Assuming you have enough connections to pull it off or it's even possible.

As opposed to the more normal thought of using the hi pass filter in the subwoofer by running the signal out from the preamp to the subwoofer then running the subwoofer out to the amplifier.

I don't really see a clear way to do both, bi-wire and use that hi pass filter and maybe even potentially blowing everything into orbit if you connect things wrong. Any opinions or ideas? Thanks.

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My front speakers amps are connected with XLR-type analog connections from my preamp. The sub is connected to the extra RCA-type L and R analog outputs from the same preamp.

The front cabinet's roll-off in the mid-30Hz range. A SVS Ultra sub is set-up to play from 31Hz and below in the sealed mode. This minimizes any frequency overlap between the SVS Sub and 15 inch bass drivers in the front cabinets. 

Subs like REL’s mentioned earlier do sound great connected to the high-level speaker leads because they share the amplifier's sound character with the front stereo speakers.     
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