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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I grew up using speakers that were no more than 8” full range drivers with wizzer cones attached.  Then I bought some ADS 300’s. Tiny two way speakers with a big sound. Then came my first subwoofer and a separate active crossover to fill in the bottom.  Essentially making my system a three way. Much later came the DQ-10’s with their 5 way crossovers.  When I added the sub and crossover it became a 6 way speaker system. Now,  I have a 3.5 way and a sub. 
I bet the crossover’s in the Amati’s cost more than my first few systems combined!

I sure have come a long way in my journey.

Driver quality has improved. While the answers have all been correct, listening through the clairAudient 1+1 v5 may change a few of them. This is a remarkably designed product that compensates for the very few resonances in the full range of the newest version of the driver.

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