Amazingly enough, non-localized frequencies when combined with the playback of their higher frequency harmonics really are localized by the brain to the speaker they were crossed from.

But my issue was not with that. It's that I'm wondering how the person programming the digital crossover maintains phase coherence when using different crossover points. People like to complain about comb filtering between individual drivers playing the same content. That's a measurement artifact which varies with mic placement. What about the comb filtering which results in a digitally summed signal comprised of out-of-phase components? There's no getting around that. The only reason wouldn't be noticed is that the bass content of the mains/center/surrounds isn't likely to be the same. But if it ever was and there is a phase mismatch in the cross-overs the resulting output to the sub would have serious artifacts.


Pioneer PDP-5020FD, Marantz SR6011
Axiom M5HP, VP160HP, QS8
Sony PS4, surround backs
-Chris