Active external crossover


Does anyone know of a good active external crossover?

I know Krell used to make a good one 30 years ago.

I’d like to bi- amp, but have no good active external crossover any more.
dougthebiker

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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.