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Digital crossovers

Are crossovers "tone killers" as Zu Audio says?

Are digital crossovers a solution?

Much of our source material is digital already: e.g., CDs, ripped CDs, downloads and internet listening.  I wonder if a digital pre-amplifier separating the music by frequency and sending the result via the analogue amplifier direct to the appropriate driver would/could produce awesome results?

(I wonder what the crossover slope would be? Would it be absolutely discrete, with absolutely no overlap between drivers? Or is a small amount of overlap necessary even in the digital world?)
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Are crossovers "tone killers" as Zu Audio says?

Are digital crossovers a solution?
That’s Zu Audio’s opinion & no wonder since they sell cross-over-less speakers! No conflict of interest here!! ;-)
No, cross-overs are not tone killers IF you implement this correctly & that takes some doing....

All digital cross-overs? Try the Meridian (Boothroyd-Stuart Meridian, a UK company) solution. They offer an all-digital system all the way to their speaker. The D/A occurs in their speaker + the speaker is active i.e. has its own amps inside the speaker box.
How many people you know & know of own Meridian? OR, own that style of audio solution?
Does the answer tell you something??

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