going active.... overrated?

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

pg and many other os eq's also used those style sliders.

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

was just saying i havent tried it and wondered if its all that. dont want to spend the money if its not really a big deal
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At low power, there are some passive systems that sound great and work fine. In general they have higher distortion and waste power as heat. Some, like Dynaudio and a few others, are great and you will never notice the passive xover distortion.

At high power active slaughters all passive systems. Acitve is cleaner and allows more undistorted power to reach the drivers.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

was just saying i havent tried it and wondered if its all that. dont want to spend the money if its not really a big deal
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If you have what's you listed above you are pretty much set. Just get a 4 channel amp that puts out rated power and you are ready to do active. You may not need the EQ so maybe sell it towards money for the 4 channel amp.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

active is much better. its just not done as often due to time and cost.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

actually eq's and crossovers are not used near as much as they used to be due to the hu's having them both built in.

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

pg and many other os eq's also used those style sliders.

Like I said, only the lowest end cheesy units. Mostly by companies, who have no business making eq's, buying the same chinese components and slaping on a new face plate. Same junk inside.

 

[slam 5,000+ posts]

What brand is that? It looks like junk. It will not matter in the issue of passive vs active.

ok, if u say so

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

not junk and yes those are crossfire and are nice pieces.

You must be mistaken, because this guy knows everything...it's surely junk.

I don't recognize them, so they are probably a knock-off/copy-cat brand.It's definetly not a quality peice, or I would know it.

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[slam 5,000+ posts]

You must be mistaken, because this guy knows everything...it's surely junk.


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yeah he was prolly the one tell me the the hsk165 were better then my focal utopias

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

Like I said, only the lowest end cheesy units. Mostly by companies, who have no business making eq's, buying the same chinese components and slaping on a new face plate. Same junk inside.

hmm, i just dont consider os crossfire or phoenix gold to be lowest end junk.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

why is running active so great. ive never tried it but just wondering. ive have alpines 9887 with oz's 180cs off a 75x2 amp and have been thinkin about trying it.
thanks

you should probably go over to the DIY forum, some place better then here to ask about running active. everybody on here is like oh my 100$ throw together system beats the crap out of high dollar components. just because they are running "active"

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plus treads like these have been covered many times here. always ends up in *****ing.

 

[slam 5,000+ posts]

its no the best but it sure aint junk

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

any questions you have I can answer in a PM thread done, before it blows up again.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Kid is an idiot...

nG