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I did not have an active crossover to high pass the mains. So it was really about ammending on the low end for me. Rather than chopping off from a higher freq.
My mains are passive and don't have built in crossovers.
The sub did, but cutting these giants to 80hz or so was crippling their strong points. The JBL example above is great, these are smaller monitors where subs can do a much better job.
Anyway sub is sold, response is better, I'm happy.
That makes sense it is hard to configure a single sub in a small room to not do any harm
However, if you got a second matching sub, and with the right placement, you could start to approach the response of the JBL example above. As shown by the Harmon research- 2 is really good 4 is the sweet spot for smoothing, cost, and, practical placement options. Our tests definitely validate those results and since each room really is unique sometimes 2 is great, sometimes 4 is needed, sometimes DSP is absoolutely required and sometimes it is *somewhat* optional