Why not put crossover networks in accessible compartments?

pmboyd

Why not put crossover networks in accessible compartments?

Some have, such as Infinity.

It is also extra expense and complexity in a build, which raises retail prices, in order to satisfy maybe less than 0.01% of the potential buying public. That one in 1000 or less...who might tear the speaker apart and modify it.

There are other reasons to compartmentalize the crossover, and that is separation from the physical interactions of the drivers energy input into the box. To get the crossover isolated in all ways.

We use outboard passive crossovers, in the speakers we have made, over the years. Which makes it easier to go to active crossovers.

The Watkins WE-1 from the early 80's had a recessed area covered with a Plexiglass cover so that the crossover and the circuit board it sat on was visible. It was done not so the owner could fiddle with it; it was done because the crossover actually looked good and to show that the speaker wasn't just a cabinet with twenty bucks worth of resistors and capacitors in it.

Its not practical when designing speakers.And in some cases it will look bad.Good luck though!!

It is also extra expense and complexity in a build, which raises retail prices, in order to satisfy maybe less than 0.01% of the potential buying public. That one in 1000 or less...who might tear the speaker apart and modify it. 

This^^^ Duh! 

Economics, the dismal science, apparently no longer taught or everyone would be able to figure this out.

The compartment idea is nuts. A better idea is to put the crossover outside the speaker cabinet. This has the added advantage of improving sound by removing the crossover from the high-vibration environment of the speaker cabinet. But again, the improvement is so slight compared to the cost it'll never happen. Except among modders. But they already know and have been doing this for years.