Re: Question re Subwoofer Connections, High-Pass, Low-Pass

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:06:23 +0000, Sonnova wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:33:44 -0700, George Flanagin wrote (in article
> <frksb80c4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> 
> 
> This is a question, not an implied criticism (I haven't tried an active
> crossover). Don't you find that all of that extra circuitry (and another
> round trip of A/D and D/A - I assume the Ashly uses DSP for the filters)
> muddies the sound?  I would think that it would.

If you look here: (http://www.ashly.com/product/xr-series-2.htm)
you will 
note that the Ashly is an analog domain crossover. 

I will tell you a story about its profound effect on the sound. A dealer 
came by my house to take a listen to the QUAD ESL 988s. He seemed to enjoy

the sound, or at least he was being polite about what he heard. A few 
weeks later he overheard me discussing the Ashly with another hifi 
enthusiast, and he commented on the way that all line level crossovers 
always introduce some harshness in the region of the upper octave of the 
piano (2-4 KHz). 

What amazed me is that the Ashly did not arrive at my house until three 
days /after/ the dealer heard the system, and I did not yet have my 
subwoofer in circuit although it was in the room. So, apparently the Ashly

influenced the sound while it was still on the UPS truck. I showed him the

****pment tag, and he still didn't believe me. 

My opinion is that the sound is fine, and I find it musically satisfying. 
I feel that feeding a bunch of low notes to the speakers when they can't 
accurately reproduce them is bound to be detrimental to the sound --- just

forcing the electrostatic membranes to "flap around in the breeze," so to 
speak. 

Regards,

george