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Which external cross-over x-over to consider?

I would like to use an active x-over with balanced and single ended i/outputs between pre and power amps for a sub(Martin L. Depth) and my merlins, crossing over at around 40hz.
I never realized that there are a bunch of extrenal x-overs to choose from. Which ones would be of higher quality?
Here are some I have found, but I am sure there are many more:
Marchand's xm126 & xm-44,
nht's x1 & x2,
Bryston's 10b,
Mark levinson LNC,
deqx pdc-2.6,
Audio Research EC21.
If there are others worthy of looking at let's hear about them.
pedrillo
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jtwrace
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I use the Ashly 3.24 CL with great results. I use it with Final Sound 1000i's and two subs.
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rauliruegas
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Dear Pedrillo: I agree with Gregm about bass performance through balanced or unbalanced way.

IMHO I think that if you " insist " on the balanced connection it can/could be better to change the sub, Velodyne is a good alternative and comes with balance connection. Btw, like Gregm posted, two Velodynes can delivery magic on your system.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
rives
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The Marchand products are great. Their cosmetics are not so great, but the circuit design is straight forward and works very well.

We manufacture a [http://www.rivesaudio.com/PARC/PARCframe-sub.html]sub-PARC[/url], which is a sub crossover AND amplifier. Obviously this is overkill if you already have the amp, but if you have a passive sub this is really an incredible product.
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