Hi James,
Thanks a lot for the comprehensive and detailed write-up. Your advice is much appreciated. Yes, I am aware that the TLE-1 does not have an internal crossover like my Dali SWA-12. I have played around with the LB1’s, switching back and forth between running them full range and high-passing them with the Dali sub thus rolling-off the bass at certain frequency. After a painstaking process, I decidedly settled for the former since I figured out it is not a good idea to use the inferior crossover of my Dali subwoofer.
From the TLE-1 specifications, the frequency range shows that the sub is able to go down to 22Hz, so I am not too sure about your point of it going down to about 30Hz. Pardon my ignorance. That wouldn’t be too good as the specification of my Dali shows a frequency response of 27-150Hz. Anyway, from what I heard, the TLE-1 is a much better sub than the Dali, so I’m not too worried.
I guess I have a lot of work to do when I get the sub as I am fully aware it is not a one-day affair whereby you can just plonk the sub somewhere and fire up the system. It took me months to integrate my Dali sub to the LB1’s, but I’m little more ‘experienced’ now so I hope I could accomplish the integration of the TLE-1 in less than 1 month.
Cheers.