How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers?

Based on this, one would expect the 2234/2235 to exhibit more compression than the 2226H, though none of the literature states what it is.

JBL is talking about  the whole system’s freedom from the effects of compression, not just the woofer. Also, the JBL 2234/2235/2245 are designed for studio monitor play back while the JBL 2226H/JBL 2241H are designed for PA system’s.

’’Power compression vs level is plotted in Figure I0. As the power levels were increased the chart--recorder gain was decreased a like amount. The degree to which the curves coincide shows the system’s freedom from the effects of compression. These curves were run using a narrow band tracking filter. The purpose of this tracking filter is to remove distortion components, which would otherwise influence the shape of these compression curves. As presented here, the compression curves reflect only the fundamental frequencies at each power level. Conventional distortion curves are also shown in Figure ll’’ See here page #5.

Mike

If you are concerned about crossovers, get a speaker without one. That is the allure of single driver speakers. I like my Pearlacoustis Sibelius. 

Danny is Danny, at least we learn something from what he is saying, get a better understanding on how speakers work. 

Almost every speaker I have torn into has had cheap, or really cheap crossover parts. Even some more expensive speakers still have crap parts in them. These will sound better with better parts. Even changing the sand cast resistors for higher quality ones will have a affect on sound. 

High quality parts are stupid expensive, and sometimes HUGE. Will a $2000 speaker sounds better with a $2000 crossover? yes, it will, but is it worth it?

With old speakers that caps have drifted, or going bad, just about any cap replacement will sound much better. You can do a full recap on a pair of speaker for under $100 the before/after will be huge! 

Sonic Caps are good, but they are bright, sometimes harsh, can be clinical. Not all vintage speakers respond to these kind of caps well. They can loose their warmth, smoothness. IMHO, I will not use them in the tweeter circuit. They can make good speakers become fatigueing speakers. 

+1 @mswale 

@lalitk 

I'm sorry, but I simply cannot ignore a grown man holding a stuffed animal.