Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work?


I bought two Starke SW12 subwoofers that I installed.  So far I'm not particularly happy with them.  They are way too loud even with the volume set almost to off.  More importantly, I'm having trouble integrating them into my system and I'm wondering if that is because their crossover setting is really functioning as I understand a crossover should. Attached please find measurements from Room Equalization Wizard with SPL graphs of the two subs (no speakers) taken at my listening position with the crossover set at 50 Hz, 90 Hz, and 130 Hz. Ignore the peaks and dips which I assume are due to room nodes.  All of those settings appear to actually have the same crossover point of 50 Hz. All that changes is the slope of the rolloff in sound levels. This isn't how I thought a properly designed crossover was supposed to work.  I thought the frequency the levels would start to roll off would change, i.e. flat to 50 hz then a sharp drop, flat to 90 hz then a sharp drop, etc. etc..  But Starke says this is how a subwoofer crossover is supposed to work.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8x4cr32pagwg48i/Two%20Subs%20Different%20Crossover%20Points%20No%20Speaker...
Any experts on here with an opinion about this?  Is it possible to buy an inexpensive active crossover that I could use in place of what is built into these subs?
pinwa
Pinwa, in the spirit of plowing with the horses you’ve got, I like Erik’s idea of plugging the port(s) on the mains and then overlapping the mains and subs. If the Moabs have multiple ports, you might leave one open.

This might work as a plug: https://www.zoro.com/test-tite-t-cone-combination-cleanout-test-plug-4-86400/i/G3337302/

Its maximum diameter is less than 4 1/4" but you could expand it to the maximum and then wrap the perimeter with duct tape until it fits snug. To remove the installed plug, unscrew the orange piece to relieve the expansion pressure and it should come out easily.

But try Erik’s T-shirt suggestion before ordering the plugs because a rolled-up T-shirt will work just fine.

The Moabs will still be low-bass sources even after port pluggage, but not as loud. So now you can turn up the subs a bit louder. And you can use different crossover settings on each of the two subs to smoothe the blend. I’m under the impression that repositioning the subs is not practical, but I glanced at the specs and apparently they have phase controls. Use them, and they can have dissimilar settings and still work well.

Duke
This is how a good subwoofer low pass crossover supposed to be. However, the quality of the driver is one of the key element...

https://downloads.monoprice.com/files/images/35141_10.jpg