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Message: <blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 347529" data-attributes="member: 550915"><p>Not necessarily.  You should set it to whatever gives the smoothest transition between your high frequency speakers and the sub.  This could mean that they are staggered a bit (high-pass higher than low-pass).  Because the filter has a roll-off rather than a straight cutoff, both sets of speakers will be playing the same frequencies right around the crossover point.  If they are set to the same frequency, this over lap could (and usually does) leave a bump in the frequency response of the system.  With the bump occuring right at the transition between the sub and mid-bass this will manifest itself as a kind of one note drone right at the crossover frequency.  That drone can be quite annoying.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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