Active crossover with existing speakers

anm

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Hi,
Is it advisable to modify existing multiway speakers (read drivers in their cabinets) by removing their passive crossover, and adding an external active crossover - like dcx2496 from Behringer?
How to take care of other things like BSC for the cabinet? What other params are tweaked in a passive crossover (notch filter??) ?

Does active crossover work out in the end to be same as having bookshelf and subwoofer combo? Except may be extra splitting of tweeter.

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technically I understand what you say, but practically is it a close approximation?

3. No. The active XO should (ideally) split up all the frequencies. In the case you mention, the BS still has its passive crossover in the circuit.
 

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any suggestions on active XO? Behringer first converts analog to digital, performs XO, and then converts back to analog - IIRC. Isn't that too much processing?
How good are analog active XO?

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while removing the existing passive crossover, remember to keep the exisiting series cap ( if you are planning to cross over the tweeter higher). if you plan on using the same or reduced crossover XO frequency, you might need a bigger cap

connecting the tweeter directly to the amp is kinda risky, tweeters are delicate things ;)
 
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