Crossover’s, can i use them together ?

I already have an active crossover that i use on my subwoofer and my mids,my question is can active and passive crossovers be used together,and if this is posible are there any benefits to this ?

To be more exact,i have a 4 channel amp on order (Nakamichi) and a set of Mb Quart "Q" with passive crossover that can be bi-amped from the crossover,do i have to ditch my active ?,my active crossover it's a 3 way,can do one sub amp,2 mids and 2 tweet amps.I plan on using the Nak 4 ch with the "Q" from quart for my front stage.Any tips will be apreciated.

Thank you

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Dan M C

You can use your x-overs together.  I use two active x-overs in my system. The first one to split the sub, mid, and highs then the second x-over splits my mid into mid and mid bass.

Thank you for reading my posting.I don't understand the order and what setings i should use.So the active same like before,right ? before the amps ,but should i cross it still as if there was not another passive after the amps ?

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Dan M C

It doesn't hurt a system to double crossover a frequency, but to me it's redundant to say the least. If you are going to use a crossover, use the best one that suites the speakers. In the case of the MB Quart, the crossover is designed specifically for the speakers, so I would say use those passive ones on the front speakers. The rear speakers and the sub, I would use the active one so you can fine tune the system better to suite the front imaging. When running the amplifier to the front speakers make sure it is switched over to FULL range and do the same to the rears and the sub channel. Running the amplifier xrossover is pretty much redundant as well, so why not use the active crossover for what you intended.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Great,thank you ,i was kinda confused because i also have the crossovers build into the amps,but those are turned off ofcourse.

This site is so darn good when comes to helping DIY like myself,and that's not because i don't like suporting the small shops but because it's fun and challenging and someone like myself can look (listen too...) and apreciate it so much more.

Again,thank you all

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Dan M C

No problemo

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA