Hi. I have two b&w 683 s2’s, which I find lack a bit of punch for the kind of music I am listening to (mainly in the drums that don’t really have any body feeling for a lack of better working). So I have bought a 10 inch B&W subwoofer, which I have set up putting the crossover knob to the lowest the speakers can go and adjusted the volume in order not to hear the transition between the speakers and the sub.
But the thing is, even though now I have more deep bass, the mid bass of course remains unchanged because of the crossover frequency.
My question is, is there another way to set up the crossover in order to make the mids a bit more energetic. Does the overlap in frequencies cause any undesirable effect?
Thanks!
If you were to use a matched high pass filter on the mains to remove their unwanted low frequency displacement then you will get a flat rather than humped response in the crossover region and reduce IM distortion in the midrange. Here on page 15-16 of the measurement descriptions report is info and examples on the subject of subs and midrange distortion. The increased clarity of the midrange is usually fairly apparent if a sub is integrated properly rather than like many audiophiles do it with only a low pass filter on the sub.