Cutting below 80 HZ on my mains, so subwoofers handle deep bass?


Sorry in advance if these are obvious questions.

I recently picked up two Rythmik L12 active subs to go with my Tekton Lore towers (10" full range driver with super tweeter). The Lores do an admirable job with deep bass (down to 30 HZ) but the L12s destroy them in quality and depth of the low-end.

The towers and subs use separate pre-amp outputs, but share one volume control. The subs are set at 80 HZ and below. Because the towers and subs currently share a lot of the same frequencies (which can potentially cause the bass to be overwhelming) is it possible to add an external crossover style device to cut 80 HZ and below from the main towers? It may improve the mids and highs if the tower drivers aren’t working as hard? And the sound may seem cleaner with greater instrument separation?

Thanks!
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That is a super preamp, lalitk. Fine sub too. Congrats.

Dan Wright know his stuff. ModWright equipment is not cheap, but worth the cost and then some.

Dave
PTS,
I am still wiring my GR Research/Rythmik DIY sub project, so can't answer the question about the resulting sound. I am using an in-line filter to roll off my amps at about 48Hz just to my main speakers. My main speakers also go down to 30Hz. The filter was built by Danny at GR Research specifically for my application. Think about contacting Danny, because he knows his stuff.
Kenny
Inline passive filters after the amplifier normally don’t relieve the amplifier of the load it sees when simply driving the main speakers, which is the primary reason that some systems may sound better with a crossover in the preamp or between the preamp and the amplifier splitting the low-level signal between the main amplifier/speakers and a subwoofer.

Dave


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