True, but the total of over 1k in equipment (easily over 1k) kinda drives people away from a full active setup....
*I love my active*
Cost $50 for a pair of generic Dayton 2nd order crossovers, $90 for
3 ways.
Lets say you build your own crossover and used > 2nd order, lets say
you wanted 4th order or even 8th order. It's easy to spend more than
$250 on a passive crossover only good for one design.
If you only build one loudspeaker for yourself ever, the passive vs. active
crossover is probably equal in cost as you can buy old school analog active ones
for about $100. The extra cost incurred by active is the extra amp channels you need.
There are some low cost amps on the market that make active attractive.
If you upgrade your old speaker and build another, discarding the old one,
there is no additional cost as you will reuse the DCX, but need to spend more
coin on a new passive crossover. /hehe
If you build speakers for other people for profit, passive is better so you
can make money on the passive crossover design and markup the costs of
the parts you buy for them. /harr harr