At my current abilities I would be very hesitant to use an active crossover since I would actually have to get inside the speakers and disconnect built in passive crossovers in them. The nice 7 year Legacy warranty goes out the window and if I make a really bad mistake potentially a pair of $9000 speakers go south. I guess when I started this I was looking for an easy way to use these 2 amplifiers that would make a sonic difference without adding active crossovers and opening up my speakers.