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Subwoofer Connection

I'm currently running my subwoofer via the LFE-Out on my pre/pro. All my speakers are crossed-over at 80 Hz. I'm considering re-wiring my mains so that I use the built-in crossover in the Sub. My thought is by doing this, I can listen to analogue music and still have bass management (my pre-pro has to reconvert the signal to digital for bass management).

My question is this: By running mains through the sub, and redirecting LFE to the now "large" speakers, will there be any practical difference in the sound? I.E. will movies lack something because the LFE will now be redirected to the mains (with sub)?
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Surely it will sound different. Better? Worse? Who knows. I would suspect that, if improving the two channel sound is what you're after, this may not be ideal. Simply because the crossover circuit in the subwoofer will probably have a negative impact.

I believe you are correct in suspecting a loss of bass impact for movies. Depending on the Pre/Pros re-integration of the LFE channel.

I digress, everything in audio seems to be, in the least, a tradeoff of some magnitude, even if it is minuscule. Having said that... Go for it. If you dont like it you can always change it back.
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