speakers and cables

Now, when it comes to this business, bulbs don't come much dimmer than me.

I'm talking night light here. But, wouldn't you just simply do this:

Wouldn't you just run the speaker wires from the amp to the inputs of subwoofer 1, then run speaker wires from the subwoofer 1 outputs to the inputs of subwoofer 2. Then run speaker wires from the outputs of subwoofer 2 to your speakers?

I need an aspirin...

After I took my aspirin, I thought deeper into my way of doing it and I don't think it will work. @grislybutter you're right in your diagram, that's what I was thinking.

The only way my way will work is if the output on sub1 sends the full signal to sub2, which it won't. It's low pass filter at the input I believe will stop the lows there and only pass on the higher signal through the high pass filter on its output to sub2 negating what having a second sub in the mix is for in the first place since no low Hz signal will be going to it. 

@grislybutter,

There's only filters on your subs, not active. I guess you can call them really simple crossovers. They work whether the subs amp is on or off. I believe what @deep_333 is saying is; in a higher end system, unless your gear has a 'sub out' to go directly to your sub so your amp speaker outs can go directly to your speakers so you can bypass the subs sound degrading outs, it's always the way to go since your speakers will receive a much 'cleaner' signal than if also run through the sub.

I think for the most part we're all guilty of making this sound way more difficult than it is.

Question to anyone:

Does the speaker level output on sub1 put out the full signal or a high pass filtered signal?

Thanks guys, I totally missed it. So, it would stand to reason sub2 puts out a full signal also.

If that’s the case I believe you can hook it up the way I suggested, like daisy chaining. Don’t know if that’s something you want to try but I’d sure be curious how it works out for you. Seems simpler than buying all that other stuff.

@immatthewj

That, my friend is the question. I've no idea if it would sound better or worse. That's simply how I'd do it. Can't win a prize if you don't buy a ticket!