A subwoofer question. Forgive me if this is a dumb question; I am a neophyte.
I am looking for a small integrated amplifier to hook up to a pair of bookshelf speakers and a powered subwoofer. The IDA-8 looks great, but I am uncertain how it will work with a 2.1 system.
If I were to connect a subwoofer to the analog line-out of the IDA-8, the amplifier how much overlap would there be in the reproduced frequencies by the speakers and the subwoofer?
What I think would happen:
1. The speakers get a full range signal and will reproduce the frequencies that they can.
2. The subwoofer amplifier will get a full range signal, but the cross-over in the subwoofer amp will apply a cut-off frequency (i.e. 100hz or 80hz, etc).
Do I have the correct?
Is there a downside to this approach, versus an integrated amplifier that has the ability to limit the low frequencies sent to the bookshelves?
It seems to me that if the bookshelves could be spared from trying to reproduce the low notes handled by the subwoofer there might be lower woofer excursion and so better controlled mid-range. Am I off base?
Thank you,
Mike