Outboard crossover? Why not?

I didnt say all inner crossovers were bad, but that ther could be benefits of externals.  an active crossover is before the amplifier.  its called active because it needs a power supply.  the subwoofer output of a dvd player is a type of active crossover.

Erik

I see. Sure, I was talking about passive crossover.

Magnepan eliminated the external Xover box on the 3.7 and 3.7i, only because they felt it was an eye sore.

It eliminated the  bi-amping option, which I liked.

Living Voice use external crossovers.

back then Apogee Diva ribbon speakers used to have an external passive x-over. I agree with erik_squires re. the adv of external passive (& active) x-overs.
i also agree that not all passive internal x-overs are bad or compromised. There are several speaker manuf that take a lot of trouble to get the correct & optimum internal passive x-over into their speaker cabinet.