Alpine 9853 Crossover Question?

[wvufootball 10+ year member]

Hello I have an Alpine 9853, and i have a question about the crossover it has. I have a 4 channel amp powering my comps, and I am thinking about going active. But the crossover selections are confusing the hell out of me. Because my options for the cross over points are as follows: 26,32,60,80,100,150,200. I think those are the numbers not 100% sure. My question is, if i want to go active , how am i supposed to set the tweeter crossover or the mid crossover if it only goes up to 200? I am real confused, somebody help me!! Thanks for any advice!

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[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

If you go active...you must take out the Deck and switch the X-over mode from Frnt-Rear-sub...to 3-way. Its a little switch on the bottom of the Deck. After that, it should be a little more straight forward as to where you should x-over each. But running active is not something someone should do unless they have a good understanding of the drivers they are using. And most of the time its not a good Idea to run a set of Passive Components active...simply because the x-over points in the passive crossovers are engineered for those drivers. also power handling on the individual components are rather low.

 

[wvufootball 10+ year member]

I want to mess around with it because I am not satisfied with the way I the mids are sounding to me. Plus i think it would be a good learning experience.