There may be a simple solution to your problem. Some speaker drivers improve dramaticaly with the implementation of a zobel network across the driver . Both my friends Dunlavys and Pipedream speakers were improved with zobels placed across their drivers. The Dunlavy's Bass driver in particular sounded "muddy" before a zobel was used (we didn't realize it was "muddy" until AFTER we did the zobel, boy were we shocked at how much it improved!). It is extremely unfortunate that many speaker manufacturers don't implement (or understand) how beneficial these circuits can be. In many cases a Zobel makes perfect electrical sense in improving the drivers control by the amplifer, and can do wonders for even the most highly regarded "recommended" speakers. It amazes me that so many audiophiles think that these speakers' designs cannot be improved upon. You may also see contradictory responses to my zobel recomendation that state things like: "but zobels have issues such as their power robbing ability". Unfortunately, this is not the case, and just misinformed audiogon speaker tweakers, who don't really understand what a zobel does, or how these circuits are almost always a "win-win" scenario when they are implementated correctly.
Best three way cross over?
I have noticed that the passive crossover (Capacitor) between my woofer and midrange speaker is responsible for a lot of muddying of my midrange. When I bypass it, the sound is much clearer and transparent, however then I have too much bass from my mid driver. I am curious as to what people have found is the purest sounding crossover network they have used for a three way speaker...particularly for the mid driver. I have not used an active or a digital crossover, would either of them work better (be more transparent)for me?