Crossover or crossoverless


The founder and builder of the highly respected high-end speaker company Gauder AkustikDr. Gauder, says that using a full-range driver is very bad. He uses 3- to 4-way speakers with extremely complex 10th-order crossovers consisting of 58–60 components.

In contrast, some other well-known and equally respected speaker companies — such as Voxativ, Zu, Cube Audio, and Totem — use crossoverless designs.

Who is right, and who is wrong?

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No one is 100% right or 100% wrong.  It’s highly subjective and depends on the objective.  All have pros and cons, and there are many ways to skin a cat.  It boils down to highlighting the best choices, and minimizing the effect of the unavoidable less desirable ones.  

That intricate a crossover may give you a textbook frequency response, but I would think it sucks up dynamics like a sponge.

Most popular new Model  Element Metal  V2 , got only tweeter crossover, probably  only one or two elements , but two main drivers  -crosoverless see ( The design is a controlled ferocity that amazingly requires no crossover, channeling vast dynamic potential into the purest musical experience)  -from Totem  web site 

Crossovers take energy. I use an electronic crossover.less energy less distortion and dsp the room a nd change frequency without component change.however if it sounds great someone got it correct no matter what magic they used and that's what counts.enjoy the hunt.