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use supplied crossovers or not?

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: use supplied crossovers or not?

Posted By: willycad
Subject: use supplied crossovers or not?
Date Posted: September 24, 2009 at 12:20 PM

I have an older Alpine HU (CDA-7897) that I have been told is a really nice piece (hope it hangs on a little longer)... it has an active crossover setup in it to adjust freq. points and such.  I originally was running Boston Z6 components and was not using the Boston crossover that came with it.  Instead, I was selecting appropriate freq. cutoffs from the deck and was powering the 2 mids and 2 tweets with a JL 300/4, so 70-watts to each of the 4 drivers).  So the crossovers sat in the closet until I recently sold the components.  I just ordered some Pioneer Premier components and was planning on doing the same thing.... just wondering is this is really the right way to go?  I have been told by "audio people" that by running the drivers active, more of the amps power actually gets to the speaker and that running the power through a passive crossover network will "eat" some of the amps power.  Any thoughts?

Thanks



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Posted By: MikeHusain
Date Posted: September 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I would use the supplied crossover that comes with the component system. If you set your crossover point using an amp or the stereo, you will tune it so that your midrange will sound the way you like it. The problem is that you will be sending mid-range frequencies to your tweeter as well. This is where the crossover comes into play. It separates the mids from the highs and vice versa. I would use the crossover.


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