tread lightly when bypassing the crossovers of any quality loudspeaker.
they usually do a lot more than just filtering out low or high frequencies.
the other highly critical functions may include:
BSC baffle step compensation, reduces frequencies that are reflected off of the front baffle of the speaker. bypassing this can lead to more lower midrange energy and forwardness.
Level matching. Voicing the relative level between the drivers. Bypassing this circuit will require re balancing the drivers.
Crossover slope and phase. Bypassing this can lead to drivers out of phase and loss of imaging and coherence. altering the crossover frequencies can put drivers out of their comfort zone and lead to non linear response and higher distortion.
Zoebel network. Bypassing this can alter the impedance and linearity of a driver.
Notch filter. Bypassing this could lead to peaks and high distortion in the reponse of a given driver.
they usually do a lot more than just filtering out low or high frequencies.
the other highly critical functions may include:
BSC baffle step compensation, reduces frequencies that are reflected off of the front baffle of the speaker. bypassing this can lead to more lower midrange energy and forwardness.
Level matching. Voicing the relative level between the drivers. Bypassing this circuit will require re balancing the drivers.
Crossover slope and phase. Bypassing this can lead to drivers out of phase and loss of imaging and coherence. altering the crossover frequencies can put drivers out of their comfort zone and lead to non linear response and higher distortion.
Zoebel network. Bypassing this can alter the impedance and linearity of a driver.
Notch filter. Bypassing this could lead to peaks and high distortion in the reponse of a given driver.