What happens if I use a “regular” electronic crossover and simply set it to the recommended crossover frequency?
You will get results. However, neither you nor EAW can predict just what those results will be. A crossover is part of the engineering design of a loudspeaker. If you choose to set up a “regular” set of crossover filters without doing acoustical measurements to determine the effects and make appropriate adjustments, then you have not properly tuned the loudspeaker. The results can range from acceptable to poor. However, you will not achieve optimum performance from the loudspeaker. Among other things you may adversely affect its frequency response, phase response, dispersion pattern, power handling, and time alignment.
