Actually, box subs are pretty good for HT and also for ultra-low bass.
Thanks Tyson. Makes me feel better about my decision. The subs on my X3s are excellent and I doubt any of my music (except a couple organ pieces) reach low enough to create problems.
Yes, and placing them in opposite room corners, I found, really helped smooth out peaks and nulls in my room.
I do have them in the rear corners of my room. I'm glad I did it as you suggested.
I think boxed subs, crossed at 30 Hz, is a good way to avoid the clipping issue. What crossover slope are you using?
Linkwitz's Thor boxed subs were designed to work with his OB Orion's. I heard that setup and it sounded excellent. I don't recall where it was crossed over.
For home theater it was easy. I re-ran Audyssey this morning and it suggested a 40 Hz crossover. I kept that suggestion. Many of my movies have lots of loud explosions. Might as well let my box subs handle that hard work.
For music, not quite so easy. I do not use a preamp.
-- The good news: JRiver allows speaker distance and crossover settings (I set 30 Hz). The bad news: JRiver only applies these settings to PCM files, not DSD.
-- ROON, on the other hand, will apply speaker distance correction settings to both PCM and DSD files. Unfortunately, ROON does not have a crossover facility.
Personally, I can't hear a difference between the two music players so I tend to alternate between them.