AudioFred Messages: 377 Registered: May 2009 Location: Houston
Illuminati (1st Degree)
selahaudio wrote on Mon, 21 September 2009 08:21
I advise against a non-DSP crossover because they typically only have symmetrical slopes and little ability to contour the response for baffle step and driver anomalies.
Unfortunately this leaves one with the choice of a DEQX, which is as good as it gets, but costs upward for $5K new, or a Behringer DCX-2496, which costs only $300, but is mass market quality and not something I would place between a high end pre and amps driving a good pair of speakers.
What do you think of the Behringer used with a "budget" line array, for example one using sixteen sealed Tang Band W3-1053SC 3" woofers and a tweeter array of Dayton 3/4" neo domes or PT2 planars? It seems to me that entry level electronics would sound no better or worse than the Behringer, and actively crossing this array with the Behringer might sound better than a passive crossver.
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