No, I leave the sub on all the time. I may tweak the gain up and down in my receiver menu depending on the source. I love the sound of the W-22's but in general I find they need the sub and I am not satisfied with the sound if I send full frequency range to them with no sub (pure direct mode on my AVR with stereo sources).

Dan
On-Wall M5HP LCR, QS8 & EP500 in 7.1