"Bill McCullough" wrote in message
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So, it appears that this guy just ordered some speaker parts, had the
speaker supply house design the crossover (for a fee), screwed the
parts into a cabinet and BINGO!!! instant "audiophile" speaker
company. Is that about the size of it?

Bingo!

Ironically, this is the same guy who has for years, been incessantly flaming
people who gave any credibility to technological approaches to audio. You
know, people who give any credibility to measurements and the like.

The means by which this crossover was designed by Madisound is 100% based on
measurements!

Madisound measured the on-axis frequency response and impedance curve of the
drivers, plugged it into a computer program, and out came component values.
Nothing wrong with this procedure, as far as it goes. However it does not
include things like the acoustical effects of the enclosure and the off-axis
response of the speaker drivers.

It is also true that while measurements can pick up some of the grosser
inadequacies of a loudspeaker's performance, the finest results are still
obtained by a highly experienced listener who tweaks the preliminary design.
This involves making small but well-informed adjustments to crossover parts
values and changing the design of the enclosure.