Letting crossovers earn their money??

[jdelk69]

Should I let the headunit set the crossover or let it run "through" and let the crossovers earn their Money??

thanks
Joe

[Rich B]

The other crossovers are where, on the amp, or a separate unit?

If on the amp, use the HU so you can adjust from the front seats.

If its a separate unit, it depends on whether it has better crossovers (higher slopes, more adjustments) than the HU itself.

[jdelk69]

These are the crossover units that came with my polk db6501's. I have my system setup like this: head unit = rca'ed to amp = wire's to crossovers for each speaker (polk db6501's and polk momo 690's), from crossovers to speakers.

Thanks
Joe

[Macklessdaddy]

the passive crossover separates frequencies to the woofer and tweeter and the hu crossover or amps xover acts as a filter,you need some type of high pass filter unless you will be listening at low volume all the time

[iknownothin2006]

hmmm fooled me thought this was a basketball crossover thread

[Flipx99]

passive crossovers are wack

[ciaonzo]

passive crossovers are wack

x a bazillion.

[ciaonzo]

the passive crossover separates frequencies to the woofer and tweeter and the hu crossover or amps xover acts as a filter,you need some type of high pass filter unless you will be listening at low volume all the time

A crossover and a filter are the same thing.

Edit: Rather, a crossover is comprised of filters. I'm bein' an ass.

[Flipx99]

TBH, when I used passives, I would still HP @ the HU....like 60 Hz or so