How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers?

Danny is Danny, at least we learn something from what he is saying, get a better understanding on how speakers work. 

Almost every speaker I have torn into has had cheap, or really cheap crossover parts. Even some more expensive speakers still have crap parts in them. These will sound better with better parts. Even changing the sand cast resistors for higher quality ones will have a affect on sound. 

High quality parts are stupid expensive, and sometimes HUGE. Will a $2000 speaker sounds better with a $2000 crossover? yes, it will, but is it worth it?

With old speakers that caps have drifted, or going bad, just about any cap replacement will sound much better. You can do a full recap on a pair of speaker for under $100 the before/after will be huge! 

Sonic Caps are good, but they are bright, sometimes harsh, can be clinical. Not all vintage speakers respond to these kind of caps well. They can loose their warmth, smoothness. IMHO, I will not use them in the tweeter circuit. They can make good speakers become fatigueing speakers. 

+1 @mswale 

@lalitk 

I'm sorry, but I simply cannot ignore a grown man holding a stuffed animal.

The crossover is in my speakers are good enough so that they sound amazing!

I’m using Joseph audio perspective 2s and Thiel 2.7s.

There’s always been a certain section of audiophiles who believe “ the less parts the better.”

But that just doesn’t seem to be sound engineering principles.

I’ve heard things like  “ lots of parts in crossover obscure the sound and also drain energy and dynamics.”

I found that to be clearly untrue decades ago whenever I heard, and eventually owned, Thiel speakers.  They have notoriously complex crossovers with lots of parts in order to achieve gym, attempt at time and face coherence along with flat frequency response.

Do the Thiels lack detail, clarity, imaging focus,  dynamics or energy?

Hell, no!  Those are all strengths of the Thiels!  They have always been among the most clear, focused, detailed, and dynamically lively non-horn speakers that I’ve heard. 

@mswale if you are posting about sonicaps, I think it depends on the speakers you are using them in, I haven’t found them to sound bright whatsoever, especially compared to clarity caps.