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I hope someone can answer this easy question.
What would be a good 3-way electronic crossover for a really big home theater system?
I have purchased many different devices over the years of which none seem to perform well and I am looking for something that gives the best sound for the dollar. The units I have used with mat system at one time or another are:
#1 An early JBL 5234, 2 way unit with fixed x-over frequencies which didn’t match well with the Hiels air motion transformers I’m using for the mids & highs.
#2 A Nady 3 way unit (I think it was a CX2314) that was distorting whenever a signal got moderately high (however the peak was still far below the rated maximum output level approximately -10db).
#3 2x DBX 234 units that are supposed to have TRS balanced in & outs. However they only produce an output signal on the cold (inverting) output line of each output (no signal of any sort on any of the outputs on the hot + side on any of the outputs).
I was thinking of buying two DBX 234XL units hoping that they would function better than the regular DBX 234 TRS units I already own, or perhaps a Behringer CX-3400, but I have a sneaky feeling that the Behringer might not have as good sonic quality as the DBX units.
So my easy question is what would be a good 3-way electronic X-crossover for a home theater system?
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Marchand makes custom stuff, is highly reguarded.
Would the Bryston 10B work? I have zero experience with them, but I know a fair number of people use them. Doesn't look cheap from what I've seen in the store...been around for a while I think so used is a good possibility. XLR I/O.
Thanks for the info, but any digital based x-over won't work well in a home theater system unless I change all the x-overs (both passive and active) for the same type. It has to do with the delay times (the time required by the unit to first convert the analog signal to a digital bit stream and then for the processor to crunch this data into the required frequency bands, finally followed by the D to A conversions to make the signal analog again. All of this takes time that will screw up the phase relationship of the various speakers (front & rear centers, side, rears, side effects, etc). I have looked at a home built X-over linear phase design by Randy Slone that seems easy enough to build but like my old JBL unit its not adjustable.
There must be a decent analog x-over (with balanced I/O) out there that someone could recommend.
I forgot to mention in my earlier post that I also tried 2x Samson S3 3-way x-overs where one unit did ont function on one side and the other unit had a bad case hiss. Also I just added a photo of my system.
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