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Speaker management & active crossovers

External DSP, speaker-management, active-crossover and bass-management processors for multichannel or multiway systems.

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Dayton Audio DSP-408 $199.98 eaDSP processor / active crossover8·48··analog RCA, speaker-level, optional Bluetooth audio via DSP-BT4.0PEQ/manual tuning onlyVariable high-pass/low-pass slopes 0-24 dB; Linkwitz-Riley, Butterworth, and Bessel·4x RCA line inputs + 4x high-level inputs8x RCA outputs0.88
miniDSP Flex HT ·2023 ◆3
Flex · Flex HT
$599Multichannel DSP speaker-management processor8·88··LPCM up to 7.1; stereo S/PDIF/ToslinkDirac Live (multichannel, 8-ch)Configurable active crossoverYes·8x unbalanced RCA·
miniDSP Flex HTx ·2024 ◆2
Flex · Flex HTx
$949Multichannel DSP speaker-management processor8·88··LPCM up to 7.1; 8ch analog; stereo S/PDIF/ToslinkDirac Live (multichannel, 8-ch)Configurable active crossoverYes8x balanced TRS + 8x unbalanced RCA8x balanced TRS + 8x unbalanced RCA·
Trinnov Audio NOVA ·2023 ◆1 $3,499Studio monitor controller and room optimizer6·3224··Analog balanced, S/PDIF coaxial/optical, ADAT, DanteTrinnov OptimizerBass management; crossovers / multiway coming 2026·2x XLR balanced + 4x 1/4-inch TRS balanced6x XLR balanced2.5
Bryston BAX-1 DSP Crossover ·2018
BAX · BAX-1
3-way DSP crossover6·26··line-level analog stereo·3-way DSP active crossover·line-level stereo analoglow, midrange, and high-frequency outputs·
DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core Room-correction / speaker-management processor2·22··analog stereo, ToslinkAnti-Mode··1x stereo RCA or 1x balanced XLR stereoRCA stereo + balanced XLR stereo·
DSPeaker Anti-Mode X4 Room-correction / speaker-management processor4·44··analog stereo, ToslinkAnti-Mode··2x stereo RCA + 1x balanced XLR stereoRCA stereo + balanced XLR stereo + 2x subwoofer·
Perlisten Audio DSP 1500 Subwoofer DSP amplifier·1·····10-band parametric EQ with 3 presets (THX, large room, small room)··1× XLR balanced, 1× RCA unbalanced1× XLR balanced (unbuffered pass-through), 1× RCA unbalanced (unbuffered pass-through)·
Perlisten Audio DSP 3000 Subwoofer DSP amplifier·1·····10-band parametric EQ with 3 presets (THX, large room, small room)··1× XLR balanced, 1× RCA unbalanced1× XLR balanced (unbuffered pass-through), 1× RCA unbalanced (unbuffered pass-through)·
Theory Audio Design DLC-1500.4d
DLC
Amplified loudspeaker controller4444400800balanced analog, RCA analog, S/PDIF, Dante/AES67Theory model-specific loudspeaker processing; PEQ/delay/gain toolsDSP crossovers·4x balanced analog + 4x RCA unbalanced analog·7.62
Theory Audio Design DLC-1500.8d
DLC
Amplified loudspeaker controller8888400800balanced analog, RCA analog, S/PDIF, Dante/AES67Theory model-specific loudspeaker processing; PEQ/delay/gain toolsDSP crossovers·Published table lists 4x balanced analog + 4x RCA unbalanced analog; page title identifies 8-channel model·7.62
Theory Audio Design DLC-250.4d
DLC
Amplified loudspeaker controller4444250250balanced analog, RCA analog, S/PDIF stereo, Dante/AES67Theory model-specific loudspeaker processing; PEQ/delay/gain toolsDSP crossovers·4x balanced analog + 4x RCA unbalanced analog·2.95
Theory Audio Design DLC-250.8
DLC
Amplified loudspeaker controller8888250250balanced analog, RCA analog, S/PDIF stereoTheory model-specific loudspeaker processing; PEQ/delay/gain toolsDSP crossovers·8x balanced analog + 8x RCA unbalanced analog·3.5
Verity Audio Monsalvat PRO-6
Monsalvat · Special-system electronics
analog preamplifier, DAC, digital crossover, and time-alignment processor···6··USB, AES/EBU and S/PDIF·digital crossover·stereo XLR/RCA6-channel XLR/RCA37