Can I use an active crossover instead of the supplied Boston crossovers?
A. Replacing the Boston passive network with an active crossover can be problematic. Each component in the supplied Boston crossover is factored into the total acoustic output of the system. When you remove it from the signal chain and directly couple the woofers and tweeters to an amplifier, you will be unable to exactly replicate the properties of a Boston system specific passive network. Why? The first point is that the typical active crossover does not allow nearly the flexibility of a passive design. The second point is that we often stagger or overlap the crossover points to achieve a flat response. The actual electrical crossover points for the woofer and tweeter however are generally asymmetric and different on all of the Boston components. Finding an active crossover that will allow you to adjust each of these points independently and tuning it correctly is going to be difficult but not impossible. Just as a note: designing a passive network takes our team of experienced engin
