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The 80Hz crossover is because it is a THX preference (even a specification). Personally, for music (mainly classical, like you) I think that is too high and leads to coloured bass even if you set the gain nice and low. I like my (now 2) DSWs to just fill the very deep bass gap that the 5200s have which is also strongly influenced by one's room dimensions. Most domestic rooms (certainly in most UK sized houses) struggle to reproduce very deep bass because the wavelengths are long so some deep bass lift is required. This does not mean, however, that you will not get annoying resonances at wavelengths (or multiples thereof) of you room dimensions (80Hz crossover accentuates such issues in my view). Hence some room correction, if you have access to it, either electronically or physically is well worth trying. And Meridian were/are right: all frequency room correction is theoretically justifiable, but what Meridian's does is below 250Hz which is where you will hear the principal benefits.

You can connect the DSW to either speaker in theory but since the right is usually daisy chained from the left it is easier to connect to the right (no need to mess around with changing the Master). Check the DSW user guide to make sure you get the switch setting on the DSW correct for whatever connection you choose.