When the switches are in the mode of using the passive crossovers, do you need to jumper between the binding posts?
I am trying to decide if I go this route or just have the crossovers externally in an enclosure.
George
No, they are internally wired (jumped) in passive mode, the switch takes the jumpers and XO's out of the signal path when you want to go active.
I did not go this route because I did not want the switches in the signal path, nor do I think I will tri-amp.
I have two sets of binding posts (heck maybe it's 3, I can't remember now) that are jumpered with Poiema! so I can bi-wire/bi-amp.
If you use 3 sets of binding posts with the top one without any connections, then you can bi-wire/bi-amp and if you want to tri-amp
it would be an easy thing to take the drivers out, re-run the internal wire so it bypasses the XO's and hooks to the 3 sets of binding posts.
The difference is ease of going back and forth with the switches vs the detriment of having switches in the signal path.
I went for purity of the signal.
The above is of course with internally mounted XO's.
If I were you, I would have external XO's made, which would give you purity of signal AND and easy way to go back and forth.