Yes, covers the 'splitting' and 'levels' functions, but still lacks amplification and xover functions. Bi-amp, tri-amp, quad-amp....audio rabbit holes....:(
Anytime one wanders off the beaten path into the weeds, expect rocks....cliffs, even.
Expose'...
I've spent a few years amassing Precisely what you'd want for your efforts.
Albeit, not 'perfect', not SOTA, just what I want for what I expect it to do.
Although still a project in progress in the larger scheme of 'things', it has a focus in some ways similar to yours towards a different resolution....or not.
There is no simple approach in the final analysis....what one pays for when buying the item from the B&M/online/reseller is that 'someone' has done all this trudging through those weeds towards what you've bought....with the hope that 'it' will do what is desired....or not.
(At the risk of sounding like He Whose Name Starts With 'k' & Ends With 't'....)
IM(not so)HO....Pursuit of Perfection is quixotic from Word One.
Imperfect devices in imperfect spaces listened to by imperfect beings with outrageous opinions about their 'perfect renditions' of 'pleasant noises'.
(There...having dumped a bucket of ice water into everyone's' lap, at least I feel better.,,,;)...)
I'm not inferring that one shouldn't 'try' the attempt; but the means to a result will vary what one hopes to do, and how successful the result may be....
...and how it registers to that gook between the ears. *L*
Have at it, J
Defiantly not a 'bot tonight...