What do you think? Any disadvantages? I am aware of only one brand that used to use it - Michael Green Audio free resonance two way reference speakers.
Those 'many people' could go buy nice furniture that would also happen to play some music. Audiophiles are interested in performance. Outboard crossover would take up more space, this can be a problem for some, just like big monoblocks.
Well, those significant others could try and accept their fate and enjoy extra Cartier piece presented in an elegant manner. But it can be tough, I know.
Erik, that's quite a detailed post. I guess, I was talking about passive crossover. Pardon my ignorance, what are passive and active crossovers? In simple terms, please, I mean in English. So, maybe we should lobby speaker designers and ask them to stop fooling around with designs that by definition cannot yield best results.
Tim, thank you, I have a general understanding of the differences. We can and perhaps should expand the thread to cover active crossover too, and various implementations. Why not? I think, it will be interesting to many readers. One thing appears to be very clear - external crossover, either passive or active, has only advantages. I always suspected that.
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