Vandersteen 2wq with two way monitors

Dizzyizzid. As far as avoiding interaction with the HP filter, I don't know the answer. You could go to the Vandersteen website and ask the man himself. As for using the HP filter supplied with the 2WQ, yes you would use it.

Tried a sub/sat or sub/monitor (if you prefer) setup twice over the years. I always felt there was "something" missing. What was missing was half the presentation. I ended up going back to floor standers both times. I've never made the mistake of desiring mini speakers with subs again. If you don't have to go that route, don't. It's Bose-like. It's asking for problems in the sound. I would say that as a general rule, Harvesty is right. It just doesn't sound terrific to put puny speakers and subs together. What sounds terriffic is a great three way floor stander. Even better, those floor standers with 2W's!

Jimburger, that is interesting stuff. I'll look at my manual and see what it says. My dealer told me a while back that the "procedure" was to find the setting on the WX-2 that sounded best and when oddering fixed X-2 filters to buy them "one step below". This is total nonsense.I wasted my money using his advice and then needed to sell the filters he had me buy ay a loss so I could replace them with the filters that were of the same value as what I had determined sounded best on the WX-2. Even the dealers have been confused by some of the way this stuff in the manuals has been worded.

You are right that the lower input value filters will warm up the bottom end and this is also needed when using spekers of higher sensitivity than about 90db. There comes a point where the sensitivity of the mains can be too high for the 2Wq to work due to not enough output to cut it.