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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 823917" data-attributes="member: 555320"><p>I personally would bridge the amp and run 200w to each side, if you intend on using the passive xovers. In reality, bi-amping with 50w to each is no different then simply having a 50w x 2 amp powering them (since they would still each be getting 50w off of the 2-channel amp).</p><p></p><p>Go with more power, and lower the gain if needed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Independent control of the speakers. Assuming you had the adequate amps to accomplish this; you could run more power to the mids than to the tweeters (say, 100w x 2 amp to the mids, and 50w x 2 amp on the tweeters). Then you can use the gains to somewhat level match the speakers and such.</p><p></p><p>But, see above. I personally would rather go with the 200w x 2 instead of (essentially) 50w x 2.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now you are into a whole 'nother territory; active frontstages //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif You'd essentially be ditching the passive xovers and using the Alpine's internal xover to crossover the speakers.</p><p></p><p>The main benefit of active xovers is being able to contour the xover points &amp; slopes to better match your vehicles interior, as well as have better level matching control between the mids/tweeters.</p><p></p><p>Not a bad option if you have the patience and knowledge to tackle it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As long as the Ax400 has one input for each channel (i.e. 4 total inputs), then yes. That would allow you to highpass your tweets, bandpass your mids and lowpass your subs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>See above</p><p></p><p></p><p>See above.</p><p></p><p>Problem with passive xovers is that they are optimized for the <em>speakers</em>. However, toss those speakers in a car and the xovers points that are "optimized" for the speakers <strong>won't</strong> be optimized for the speakers <em>in your car</em>. Many times different slopes and/or xover points will be needed to maximize the speakers performance in your car. Things such as steeper slopes, underlapped xover points, different levels (as you mentioned), etc etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p>DVC 4ohm, as stated on RE's website</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://reaudio.com/html/re_ts.htm" target="_blank">http://reaudio.com/html/re_ts.htm</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes</p><p></p><p>Hope that helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 823917, member: 555320"] I personally would bridge the amp and run 200w to each side, if you intend on using the passive xovers. In reality, bi-amping with 50w to each is no different then simply having a 50w x 2 amp powering them (since they would still each be getting 50w off of the 2-channel amp). Go with more power, and lower the gain if needed. Independent control of the speakers. Assuming you had the adequate amps to accomplish this; you could run more power to the mids than to the tweeters (say, 100w x 2 amp to the mids, and 50w x 2 amp on the tweeters). Then you can use the gains to somewhat level match the speakers and such. But, see above. I personally would rather go with the 200w x 2 instead of (essentially) 50w x 2. Now you are into a whole 'nother territory; active frontstages [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif[/IMG] You'd essentially be ditching the passive xovers and using the Alpine's internal xover to crossover the speakers. The main benefit of active xovers is being able to contour the xover points & slopes to better match your vehicles interior, as well as have better level matching control between the mids/tweeters. Not a bad option if you have the patience and knowledge to tackle it. As long as the Ax400 has one input for each channel (i.e. 4 total inputs), then yes. That would allow you to highpass your tweets, bandpass your mids and lowpass your subs. See above See above. Problem with passive xovers is that they are optimized for the [I]speakers[/I]. However, toss those speakers in a car and the xovers points that are "optimized" for the speakers [B]won't[/B] be optimized for the speakers [I]in your car[/I]. Many times different slopes and/or xover points will be needed to maximize the speakers performance in your car. Things such as steeper slopes, underlapped xover points, different levels (as you mentioned), etc etc. DVC 4ohm, as stated on RE's website [URL="http://reaudio.com/html/re_ts.htm"]http://reaudio.com/html/re_ts.htm[/URL] Yes Yes Hope that helped. [/QUOTE]
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