Active external crossover

I’ve tried a few, I have yet to find one that is GREAT, just so you know. I have two F5 First Watt, (not made anymore), Probably the best of all the ones I tried. I found the combination of active and passive works the best. Neither on it’s own is GREAT. Together they are. The F5 is a 2 way for OB it has a step, that can be tailored, I modded the TWO to have a 3 way, it was a pain. Looked like something in the RUSSIAN space station, STUFF everywhere..:-)

ABOVE 3-500hz a great passive XO, you can work out the slopes, XO points, with an active, then take those specs and build an passive for the mids and highs. Easy as could be.. You can build a point to point, or buy a 2 way board. you could layout your own on a BB or wood block for that matter..

I use a Behringer 2496, 3 input (summation), great to a point. Makes it easy to work out the remainder of the XO 300.00 usd.

The better the active the less it will do, parts for multi XO cost money, the fewer the options, the lower the cost. WIMA will be in them anyway, if your lucky.

I suppose a Krell would have a pretty nifty setup, tailored to SOME speakers. They have never cheaped out, that I’ve ever seen. I have a few Krell products. $$$$ for sure..

Regards

OCD HiFi Guy (YTChannel) sells one https://www.11stereo.com/

the Pass brand electronic crossover is a very good one.

Another is a customized Bryston 10B. We had one made by Bryston, to cover just the mids. 1.25khz to about 4khz, in 11 steps, with the standard 6-12-18 db slope potentials for each, and level controls for the high.

Bryston will customize them on demand.

The most ’high end’ perfectionist oriented one is the Pass unit. (XVR-1)

I’ve tried some of the best digital units that exist, modified them all to improve them in any way I can and could..but still..a no show. They all destroy signal fidelity more than they aid it. This.. I say...when listening via my perfectionist oriented and distortion sensitive ear, --IMO and IME.

The measurements are not the sound quality. The map is not the territory.

Stop making that mistake, I say to detractors who think that DSP is the cat’s meow for crossovers.

If what they like to say about DSP were true, then all the world’s finest loudspeaker manufacturers would have switched all their best $25k, $50k, $100k, $200k etc speakers..to using active DSP crossovers.

Note they have not done so.

Some ideas/crossovers, available from these guys:      https://www.allegrosound.com/4sale_crossovers.html                     Keep in mind; the pro stuff is typically XLR only, so: adapters, if you’re single-ended.