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Subwoofer Set up Question

I am thinking of hooking up a Velodyne HGS-12 into my system to give my room a bit of a bass boost (Coincident Super Eclipse 3's). I do not want to use the internal crossover in the subwoofer and am thinking of running the speakers full range for my application, two channel listening. My preamp has 2 outputs so feeding the sub is no problem. Any thoughts?

Thanks very much for any input!
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martykl
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If you by-pass (defeat) the internal x-over in the sub, you'll be running both the main speakers and the sub full range. They will surely overlap for a few octaves. It is theoretically possible that this will work, but, as a practical matter, it will almost surely be a disaster.

Marty
martykl
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To be clear,

You can certainly use ONLY the "high cut" function of the internal x-over in the sub to roll off the high end response of the subwoofer without using the "low cut" function of that x-over for your main speakers, per Sid 42. Many people report that this can work well.

Marty
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