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<blockquote data-quote="XanderMoser" data-source="post: 2936607" data-attributes="member: 574859">That diagram rocks.To clear up the component thing:Components can be run passive or active. Passive means the crossover is after the amplification. Active means it is before.If you run passive, you only need one channel per set (usually 2 drivers, mid and tweeter).If you run active, you need one channel for each driver (again, usually 2 drivers, mid and tweeter).2-way is a mid and a tweeter on each side3-way is a midbass, midrange, and tweeter on each sideSo in a 2-way passive setup you would only need 2 channels.In a 2-way active setup, you would need 4 channels.In a 3-way passive setup, you would need 2 channels.In a 3-way active setup, you would need 6 channels.When running 3-way active, the midbass or tweeters are often run on a different amp, since 6 channel amps are not as common as 2 or 4 channel onesI hope that makes some sense.Bridging means taking two channels and using them to power one driver (can be a midbass, midrange, tweeter, sub, whatever). Usually a midbass or sub though. This is often done with a 2 channel amp to power one subwoofer. This is because most mono amps are class D, while most 2 channel amps are class A/B. This is a whole nother explantion though, so I won&#039;t get into that. It&#039;s mostly preference.I hope I didn&#039;t confuse you more than I cleared things up. Just ask if you have any more questions, there are people here who know a crapload more than I do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="XanderMoser, post: 2936607, member: 574859"] That diagram rocks. To clear up the component thing: Components can be run passive or active. Passive means the crossover is after the amplification. Active means it is before. If you run passive, you only need one channel per set (usually 2 drivers, mid and tweeter). If you run active, you need one channel for each driver (again, usually 2 drivers, mid and tweeter). 2-way is a mid and a tweeter on each side 3-way is a midbass, midrange, and tweeter on each side So in a 2-way passive setup you would only need 2 channels. In a 2-way active setup, you would need 4 channels. In a 3-way passive setup, you would need 2 channels. In a 3-way active setup, you would need 6 channels. When running 3-way active, the midbass or tweeters are often run on a different amp, since 6 channel amps are not as common as 2 or 4 channel ones I hope that makes some sense. Bridging means taking two channels and using them to power one driver (can be a midbass, midrange, tweeter, sub, whatever). Usually a midbass or sub though. This is often done with a 2 channel amp to power one subwoofer. This is because most mono amps are class D, while most 2 channel amps are class A/B. This is a whole nother explantion though, so I won't get into that. It's mostly preference. I hope I didn't confuse you more than I cleared things up. Just ask if you have any more questions, there are people here who know a crapload more than I do. [/QUOTE]

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