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Combination of 1st order and 2nd order crossover in 3 way box

I'm re-doing some old Sansui 3 way boxes.  Is it crazy to use a 2nd order crossover between the mids and highs but a 1st order between mids and lows.  I want to crossover at 375Hz and 3K Hz.  With the response of the mid and high drivers I think they would be better served with a steeper slope at the 3k mark.  Does anybody have a crossover designer to help me with this or am I going to cause more phasing problems that will negate the benefits?
dannybad

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dannybad OP
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erik_squires
You always respond well to my posts and I appreciate it.  I will post on diy as you suggested.  I am certainly just experimenting as that is how I learn best.  I think a standard 1st order crossover will work well in this situation as I have selected drivers (mostly Dayton stuff) that will work together but I have to get them in the box first and send some pink noise through them to see what happens in the box so I can better design the crossover.  
dannybad OP
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Erik,
    I have all of the driver specs but I haven't tested them in the box.  I was more asking the question about combining different order crossovers so that I can learn more about them and to learn people's thoughts on them.  I have since found a lot of info on it.  With just the driver spec's in mind I think it would be beneficial to protect the tweeter with a second order order high pass slope and the mid range driver would do well with a second order low pass slope given it's problems around 8k.  I plan on getting a good reading from them once they are in the box and going from there.  I will take a look at your simulated speaker.  I'm just in this for the fun of it.  Thanks
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