Forward Sounding Speaker Crossover Components - Suggestions?

I've been hooked on the immersed/surround sound from a set of stereo speakers since my first Carver Sonic Holography preamp back in the day, so I've been on a quest to replicate, but with a highly-refined set of components. Some people want to replicate "soundstage" as a concert, with the sound between their seated position and the speakers. I prefer to be sitting in the middle of the "stage", surrounded by the music.

To this end, I believe I've made most of the significant changes on all hardware, with exception of finding the right speaker crossover components. Please share your experience with the most forward sounding crossover components, including capacitors and inductors, so you can save me from this endless loop of buying, burning in, realizing it doesn't quite hit the mark, then repeat. Thanks in advance!
 
Control of tone is going to be with the component values you use. However I wouldn't be so quick to make my adjustments there unless you have your system well simulated or under similar fine control.. since changing crossover components can do more than change tone, it can affect the blend at the cross.

Therefore, consider an equaliser to help you find the tone you're after.
 
Often issues such as sounding 'closed in' or sounding 'forward' tend to be related to response trends, or sensing the bandwidth of a very low Q response resonance, and component changes sometimes relate to their parasitic properties changing the response.
 
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