I called my friend yesterday and told him that the XT-8s were on Audiogon for sale. He has been on the verge of ordering a line array kit from Selah Audio or Zalytron and I knew that this deal was too good to pass up. He snapped them up last night and they are to be delivered to his house next week. As far as I know the $2k for the speakers INCLUDED the passive cross over. He got a heck of a deal. I wanted to buy them, but just couldn't pull it off so second best is that my friend gets them.
I'm the proud owner of some RC-5G speakers and my friend only lives a block-and-a-half from me and he and I will do some personal side-by-sides to showcase the sonic differences between his XT-8s and my RC-GS someday soon. Can't wait to help him move these in next week! Rick, from the pictures you really outdid yourself on these speakers in terms of fit-and-finish. They look nice!