excuse my ignorance...

[kowboy 10+ year member]

but why would you necessarily need an active x-over if the amp has one built in? Couldn't you just set the outputs to whatever frequency you want straight off of the amp to the speakers? I know I'm probably way off base here, but someone plz explain...thx.

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[DBDRAGGUY 10+ year member]

but why would you necessarily need an active x-over if the amp has one built in? Couldn't you just set the outputs to whatever frequency you want straight off of the amp to the speakers? I know I'm probably way off base here, but someone plz explain...thx.

The amps x-over is considered active.

 

[kowboy 10+ year member]

The amps x-over is considered active.

???

Then...shouldn't it work the same as an external x-over? sounds too simple...there's surely a reason why you'd wanna separate the frequencies before the amp. it just seems that a good amp would be able to do the job too. Remember when even the mono/sub amps had no built-in x-over? i do...and that's about the last time I ever used an active x-over ('91/'92, lol!)

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Very few amps allow you to bandpass the mids...

 

[kowboy 10+ year member]

Very few amps allow you to bandpass the mids...

Aaaahhh....now there's the answer to my ? - Thx...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif