No, Bob, the full range signal is not going to the woofer and is not going to the tweeter. The tweeter signal still goes through the high pass filter and the low pass filter still goes through the low pass filter, just the same as with the jumpers in place and fed by a single amp. This is very clear in the illustrations I posted.
That the OP says it didn't sound right could mean many different things and be caused by several different reasons. But, one of those reasons isn't because full range signal is getting to the tweeter or to the woofer.
I get it - we are on different side of what the crossovers do, you maintain the unnecessary frequencies get dumped by the
internal speaker crossover sections and there is no difference, and I say that that unnecessary signal affects the speakers
response even if the crossover is in place.
I already gave my example. I have a mini-monitor for the highs and a big Polk for the bass using a crossover.
the treble sounds better on the mini-monitor with the crossover, and the bass sounds better with the crossover.
there's a bypass switch on the dahlquist so it's not a memory issue if cable/amp/connection switching is needed
its an immediate difference.
I attribute this to the mini-monitor only processing highs and not full range. and the Polks sound better processing
only the bass. each processes optimally instead of doing the whole thing.
I am not arguing about whether any speaker gets crossover processed - I don't recall saying any of that but
in my opinion, trying to get any speaker to perform well simultaneously at both ends is not as good as processing
the signal at its sweet spot.
the OP hasn't done anything that would make my assertions false, but he has the equipment and you have
the knowledge - pass it to him, prove that a fullrange signal to filtered high or low is not any different
than an active crossover.
then I'm in. I dump my two sets of speakers and I buy a KEF 105.
BUT please either try it and tell me what you did right, or what the Op needs to do to make it right,
but if you haven't done it then help him and me do it right.
prove to me speaker crossovers used properly will sound just as good as active crossover
(in spite of it being an extra perhaps even unnecessary extra part in the sound chain). I will
buy that KEF but not on speculation or lack of a proper test.
perhaps you have tried this with a different set of speakers with the same unlinkable crossover
I would entertain that speaker also, unless its uber $$$