I have to admit I could have learned much more long ago, but was only worried about loud and not sound.
Now that my hearing is messed up I want to play quality sound.
Too little too late maybe, but still here I am.
I have had several speakers that came with 1st order like Polk and Jbl and the lesser brands too obviously.
They didnt necessarily sound bad either.
But when compared directly to speakers with well designed XO the difference can be big sometimes.
Ive talked to some that say active isnt good enough because notch filters or other things arent possible that way, including John I think it is from GR.
He makes his living on passive networks though.