Dayton Crossovers

[ronzeman]

I'm seeking a 3 way (passive) XO to work with a new system config..using Dynaudio D28-2 tweets....Morel EM1308 mids and a Radford (KEF like) TL bass. I received a quote from a known quality vendor.in Canada..Design and fab...nearly $400.00! (pair). I'm sure they are good..BUT....
Tonight I saw from Parts Express Dayton OEM factory set XO's The 700Hz; 5.6KHz unit should be fine (on paper).
Has anyone used these Dayton XO's ? I read where their tweeter was well reviewed as a good value. I really don't want to spend $400. for an XO The radford XO is a hi quality unit...only it crosses at 500Hz to the mid....a tad low for my application.
Any experience or comments on the Dayton XO's appreciated.

[badman]

Standard crossovers are not very good solutions to hifi. You're much better off building a properly designed speaker, like those at www.zaphaudio.com

[Dr. Ram]

Originally posted by ronzeman
I'm seeking a 3 way (passive) XO to work with a new system config..using Dynaudio D28-2 tweets....Morel EM1308 mids and a Radford (KEF like) TL bass. I received a quote from a known quality vendor.in Canada..Design and fab...nearly $400.00! (pair). I'm sure they are good..BUT....

Whether you design a crossover yourself or get someone to design it for you, make sure that it is IN-ENCLOSURE impedance and SPL curves for your drivers that are used to design the crossover. These curves are ideally *measured* in the actual enclosure, but you can get excellent results even if they are *simulated* in the target enclosure. This is why off-the-shelf crossovers are not such a good idea, because they make no assumptions about the enclosure.

-Ram

[Variac]

And they make no assumptons about the drivers.