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<blockquote data-quote="drew gandy" data-source="post: 10305" data-attributes="member: 880">Anyone who has spent time with measurement gear trying to iron out the crossover between a &quot;top&quot; and subwoofer knows that it&#039;s more complicated than many manufacturers let on.&nbsp; And don&#039;t get me started about subwoofer management in home theater receivers!&nbsp; Now, depending on who you ask, powered speakers offer a great deal of system simplification over the amp rack concept and part of the simplification is the removal of that pesky crossover.&nbsp; Most of us assume that if you match your tops and subs from within the same manufacturers line of speakers that they will play together well; no crossover needed!&nbsp; But is that always the case?&nbsp; The purpose of my post is to get some discussion going about different approaches and ideas about the crossovers between powered speakers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some questions I want to bring up are:A)&nbsp; How many folks are using a dsp with their powered speakers for subwoofer crossover and why?&nbsp; B)&nbsp; What happens when you use the built-in crossovers on powered speakers but you mix brands between top and bottom?&nbsp; C)&nbsp; If powered speaker manufacturers published data on the high and lowpass filters (and resulting speaker response) would it help the end user?&nbsp; [Or should the speaker &quot;just work&quot; without any fussing by the end user?]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drew gandy, post: 10305, member: 880"] Anyone who has spent time with measurement gear trying to iron out the crossover between a "top" and subwoofer knows that it's more complicated than many manufacturers let on. And don't get me started about subwoofer management in home theater receivers! Now, depending on who you ask, powered speakers offer a great deal of system simplification over the amp rack concept and part of the simplification is the removal of that pesky crossover. Most of us assume that if you match your tops and subs from within the same manufacturers line of speakers that they will play together well; no crossover needed! But is that always the case? The purpose of my post is to get some discussion going about different approaches and ideas about the crossovers between powered speakers. Some questions I want to bring up are: A) How many folks are using a dsp with their powered speakers for subwoofer crossover and why? B) What happens when you use the built-in crossovers on powered speakers but you mix brands between top and bottom? C) If powered speaker manufacturers published data on the high and lowpass filters (and resulting speaker response) would it help the end user? [Or should the speaker "just work" without any fussing by the end user?] [/QUOTE]

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