HiFi-Stars is a holistic HiFi magazine – technology, music and lifestyle. In the current edition (45) you’ll find a review about the SPL Crossover. Like always, we provide you with a little summary:
“The Crossover has a professional, down-to-earth appearance, which still somehow has a kind of retro-look – its frontpanel is available in classic black, silver and in an eye-catching red color.”
“The double labeling – ‘regular’ and ‘upside down’, so that you can read the labels bending over the device – is laudable. Good thinking!”
Sound and technology:
“Fully analog, completely without digital filters! I personally like that a lot.”
“The reproduction works perfectly clean and seamlessly with the help of the Crossover – something I am used to from my custom made crossover. And this is already a real statement! In addition, the SPL device is even more flexible, what makes comparing the main speaker (running it full range or from a specific cut-off frequency) much simpler. Adjustments in case of a change of a subwoofer and/or main speaker can also elegantly be carried out on the front of the device.”
“How does the SPL Crossover influence the sound: not at all – as long as you don’t use it to manipulate the sound on purpose. Just to mention one thing: There is a level control for the subwoofer…! Once you got it setup, the Crossover is totally neutral sounding …”
Conclusion:
“An unusual product for all owners of high quality speaker systems, which provides the option of an optimal speaker configuration. In practice it is easy to include a subwoofer into an existing speaker concept. Flexible, easily adjustable and sonically absolutely neutral, if correctly configured: Greatest respect SPL!”
Find the complete review in the current edition (45) of the magazine.
