Active Subwoofer Crossover


What are the differences between components like the JL Audio CR-1 and Bryson 10B-SUB active subwoofer crossover and the crossover built into most subs? Do they just provide more flexibility?
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This also raises another possibility - Audyssey.  I've gotten great results integrating my subs with Ohm 100s using Audyssey in my main system,  but - as a practical matter - it means replacing the preamp with a pre-pro.  That's not going to win over too many 'philes, but I think it's easily worth it.  Crossing in the digital domain and EQing the FR makes the "hand-off" from subwoofer  to speaker impressively hard to detect.

However, if you use analog sources (I don't very often), it means either taking the subs off-line (direct mode) or subjecting your analog sources to ADC and DAC.  I'm okay with that, but YMMV.