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subwoofer to speaker connection

I am a novice and would like to seek advice from fellow Audiogonians. In  reading the forum 128025-84361 (Jan this year) on speaker and sub connection, I am intrigued  by the comment   from rcprince “Virtually every review I have read remarks on how the mids and upper bass from the main speakers are improved when you add a subwoofer…”. I have a pair of Focus Audio Signature Series (Model 78) speaker and one Audio Physic Luna sub. Would connecting these 2 produce improvement in the sound of music? If so , how  can I  best connect my sub and speaker ? I don’t mind buying the high pass filter and inline cross over as mentioned in the above forum, if needed. Moses


moses189
gdnrbob
4,407 posts
 
Why not try out what you have and see if it makes a difference before you make your next move?
moses189 OP
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 I have tried the sound with and without  the Hsu bass optimizer.  I found that  combining my subwoofer with Hsu bass Optimizer with cross over at 60 Hz  to my amp,produced the music a fuller range.  The base part is especially better when listening to organ music  and a clearer voice when listening to Pavarotti singing. Any suggestion as to what would be a further worthwhile upgrade to explore with my system. 
gdnrbob
4,407 posts
 
I just ordered a Hsu high pass filter. I'll let you know what I find. It may be what you are looking for.
Without knowing what sound quality you like makes it almost impossible to give you suggestions.
If you are near local dealers, I would suggest listening to as many speakers as you can, so you can get a handle as to what you are looking for sound-wise. Then we can work out what electronics you need.
I wish I heard Audio Focus, but I never have.
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moses189 OP
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I am glad to hear the improvement with the connection of my subwoofer +high pass filter. I am happy with the improvement and not in a hurry to further upgrade, assuming the next upgrade will be expensive. Will look forward to hear your experience with the high pass filter. Moses189

wolf_garcia
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Nature and live music have low frequency ambience that is something you won't have in your listening room if you can't get low frequencies in there. REL subs (like mine) for example are generally used as an addition to main speakers left unmolested running in their designed range, so they're (the mains) still simply doing whatever they do but seem to sound better with subs…I think the sort of low frequency "room charging" is what makes everything sound better, with the bonus of being able to actually hear the groovy musical low stuff on a recording.
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