Solid-State Preamp/Crossover

Some good point expressed above.

We made a preamp with built in two-way crossovers specifically for our speakers. To make it more universal (multiple slopes and points) was not very practical. We designed it with changeable cards to accommodate different filters. We no longer offer it.

I would recommend looking into a high quality preamp with built-in DSP crossover functions. There are several excellent units in your budget.

I assure you that the process of getting your speakers to work correctly will be much less frustrating and much more rewarding using DSP crossovers. We have invested lots of time and resources in both system.

Thanks for the responses.

Rather than offering "all" xover points in an analog circuit, a few between, say, 60-100 Hz would serve the needs of many users, me included, and be practical.

I've used DSP and just never care for it in the long run. There is a cost.

Anyway what I'm doing now, DirecStream DAC into Marchand XM66, does sound excellent. I've wanted to avoid the DAC's internal attenuator but the cost of using it (over a higher-quality analog circuit) is probably minimal.

(But even PS told me it would sound better that way...)