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Headphoneus Supremus
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I added a subwoofer to my system ages ago and since then have played with various ways of integrating it with my main speaker system and now I'm plain out of ideas.
- I've crossed it over really low, but my main speakers are weak in their bass,
- I've crossed it over at 100hz, but because my main speakers are ported there are loads of phase problems and bloating.
- I've blocked the ports of my main speakers but that gives a very nasty sound degredation in midrange, bass sounds wonderful though
So I need to somehow crossover the sub with the speakers. I'm using an integrated amp with pre-outs going to sub controller / amp. My options are now:
- Place some kind of high pass filter between amp and speakers.
- Modify speaker crossover to add high pass filter.
- Build an entirely separate preamp to handle the crossover and volume controls (don't want to do really).
So does anyone have any other ideas? Or can someone help me with the first 2? Is it even possible to add a highpass filter inline with the speaker cable, or is modifying crossovers the only way? I'd also rather not operate on my crossover so the first option would be best if possible.
I added a subwoofer to my system ages ago and since then have played with various ways of integrating it with my main speaker system and now I'm plain out of ideas.
- I've crossed it over really low, but my main speakers are weak in their bass,
- I've crossed it over at 100hz, but because my main speakers are ported there are loads of phase problems and bloating.
- I've blocked the ports of my main speakers but that gives a very nasty sound degredation in midrange, bass sounds wonderful though
So I need to somehow crossover the sub with the speakers. I'm using an integrated amp with pre-outs going to sub controller / amp. My options are now:
- Place some kind of high pass filter between amp and speakers.
- Modify speaker crossover to add high pass filter.
- Build an entirely separate preamp to handle the crossover and volume controls (don't want to do really).
So does anyone have any other ideas? Or can someone help me with the first 2? Is it even possible to add a highpass filter inline with the speaker cable, or is modifying crossovers the only way? I'd also rather not operate on my crossover so the first option would be best if possible.