Stan makes some excellent points, and for the reasons he states the results in this particular case (as well as many and probably most other cases using a similar approach) would be a sonic mess, IMO.
I see in one of your other threads that your ProAc speakers are the Response 2.5s, which have their crossover point at around 3 kHz, per Stereophile's review. The Maggie 1.6/QRs have their crossover point at around 600 Hz.
So by using the internal crossover networks of the two speakers, as you have proposed, the result would be that both speakers would be simultaneously reproducing frequencies from significantly less than 600 Hz to significantly more than 3 kHz, meaning essentially all of the mid-range, and more. You would therefore have mid-range frequencies arriving at your ears from multiple directions and distances, and therefore with different arrival times, resulting in comb filter effects. You would also have a level imbalance between those frequencies and treble and bass frequencies. There would also probably be a level imbalance between the treble and the bass, due to differences in the sensitivities of the two speakers. There would also most likely be issues related to the crossover slopes, and issues resulting from differences in the intrinsic sonic character of the two speakers.
Not a good idea, IMO.
Regards,
-- Al
I see in one of your other threads that your ProAc speakers are the Response 2.5s, which have their crossover point at around 3 kHz, per Stereophile's review. The Maggie 1.6/QRs have their crossover point at around 600 Hz.
So by using the internal crossover networks of the two speakers, as you have proposed, the result would be that both speakers would be simultaneously reproducing frequencies from significantly less than 600 Hz to significantly more than 3 kHz, meaning essentially all of the mid-range, and more. You would therefore have mid-range frequencies arriving at your ears from multiple directions and distances, and therefore with different arrival times, resulting in comb filter effects. You would also have a level imbalance between those frequencies and treble and bass frequencies. There would also probably be a level imbalance between the treble and the bass, due to differences in the sensitivities of the two speakers. There would also most likely be issues related to the crossover slopes, and issues resulting from differences in the intrinsic sonic character of the two speakers.
Not a good idea, IMO.
Regards,
-- Al