3-way active

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

OK, then answer this:

What speakers should I get for a 2-way active setup?

I have a 100x4 amplifier at hand, and a Pioneer Premier DEH-P880PRS for the crossover.

Goals: LOUD, nice sounding and able to keep up with my sub stage.

 

[B_Campbell 10+ year member]

Get some horns, or some really nice tweeters and some dayton 8's or something along the lines of that.

I am going to be running ID CD3 Ultra horns and DD 6.5LT mids 2 way active.

 

[azngotskills 10+ year member]

I honestly would have to agree forgot about horns....prolly some ID horns and 7/8 midbass (XXX mid, adire extremis, IDQs) get LOUD //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Lots easier than a 3-way, but can you fit horns?

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

OK, then answer this:
What speakers should I get for a 2-way active setup?

I have a 100x4 amplifier at hand, and a Pioneer Premier DEH-P880PRS for the crossover.

Goals: LOUD, nice sounding and able to keep up with my sub stage.

you already have the amp, the H/U.

you need a active crossover and speakers

crossover get the arcaudio MX1 its around $150 i think

for the speakers, any speaker youve seen in this thread will work.

for example:

DAYTON RS180-4 7" http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=295-374

and

MOREL MDT-30 http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=277-015

forget horns

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

you already have the amp, the H/U.you need a active crossover and speakers

crossover get the arcaudio MX1 its around $150 i think

for the speakers, any speaker youve seen in this thread will work.

forget horns

lol, dude he has the 880prs that already has a built in 3 way xover.

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

lol, dude he has the 880prs that already has a built in 3 way xover.

yea it does have a 3-Way Crossover

i forgot about the built in Crossover

in that case forget the MX1

i still say do a 2way

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The amps have crossovers in them that should do everything as well.

 

[Fred85 10+ year member]

i like this simple rule: an active 2-way setup will sound better than a passive 3-way setup with proper tuning on each

the great thing about active is you get individual control over each speaker, which gives you more flexibility in placement........with passives, for the most part, you have to focus on the axis of each speaker, which is a pain to do with a 3-way setup

an active 3-way setup can be great, if you feel like doing the x-over freq. and octave and gain tuning as well as have a place for the amplification you'll need

an active 2-way is a little easier and the more appropriate route to take for most people with daily drivers imo

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

i like this simple rule: an active 2-way setup will sound better than a passive 3-way setup with proper tuning on each
the great thing about active is you get individual control over each speaker, which gives you more flexibility in placement........with passives, for the most part, you have to focus on the axis of each speaker, which is a pain to do with a 3-way setup

an active 3-way setup can be great, if you feel like doing the x-over freq. and octave and gain tuning as well as have a place for the amplification you'll need

an active 2-way is a little easier and the more appropriate route to take for most people with daily drivers imo

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[SQChevy 10+ year member]

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X2 couldn't have said it much better myself