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Best three way cross over?

I have noticed that the passive crossover (Capacitor) between my woofer and midrange speaker is responsible for a lot of muddying of my midrange. When I bypass it, the sound is much clearer and transparent, however then I have too much bass from my mid driver. I am curious as to what people have found is the purest sounding crossover network they have used for a three way speaker...particularly for the mid driver. I have not used an active or a digital crossover, would either of them work better (be more transparent)for me?
mpheaven

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drrdiamond
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Big question! It sounds like it might be a perfect time to consider actively bi-amping your speakers. Using the active x-over between the bass and mids, would eliminate that part of you x-over causing problems. (By the way, you didn't mention your speaker model.)
The best electronic x-over (in many peoples opinion) is the Krell KBX. Krell will make a custom board for almost any speaker for $200. There are KBX's for sale on this site and on ebay, right now.
Also, I recently changed from passive to active x-over using the KBX.........the single biggest improvement that I have ever made to my system.
Richard
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