DSP vs. active analog crossover vs. passive analog crossover. What is your take?

There are high and low frequency limitations with full range speakers and therefore higher distortion at those frequency as well and not the best dynamics either. But I get your point. Better live with good midrange where most of the music is instead of 20/20 full range frequency with compromised midrange.

agree, that’s why many of us like full range speakers. However, what do you do with two, three, or got forbids, four way speakers?

From what I understand you're using a 3 way speaker and sub and calling it 4 way well With Genelec you can build a 5 way but it needs to be calibrated with GLM,  these are fully DSP speaker systems and are very easy to integrate in a variety of rooms. You're making this way to hard. I know some are discussing DIY but that's not the same as what's being with  SOTA from  companies like Kii, Dutch and Dutch,  Genelec, Dynaudio  etc...

djones51

These are all good suggestions, but if I had learn anything from the past, there is no substitute for large drivers.  If I'm not wrong, the speakers on your list are relatively small monitors. Thank you for your input - greatly appreciated. 

@kingharold

I don’t have exactly the same problems like you since my horn is dual concentric from 22k down to 400 Herts (it might even go down to 200 H since most likely I would let the dual 12" low midrange speakers go full range). However, I’m interested to learn more about DSD and if nothing else I can use it as a tool. Do you mind telling me which DSD processor are you using? Thank you.

P.S. Are you really a king? Just kidding.....

I use both an external xover and DSP.  DSP to tame bass that no xover can fix. The xover is to integrate sub better and let me use for movies too.  That being said DSP happens in Roon using focus fidelity software and convolution filter in roon.  Xover is the JL Audio CR-1.  They sound great together.  Of course Roon DSP won’t help vinyl people