Going active with this crossover??

[stanky1219]

I just won this on egay for 8.50 plus shipping. What do you guys think?

Optimus 3 way electronic crossover cat. No. 12-1968 - eBay (item 330459191931 end time Aug-15-10 18:09:06 PDT)

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[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Try it, you wont lose anything at that price if you decide to get a different one later.

 

[stanky1219]

i found the owners manual in spanish. looks like it will take/put out up to 6 volts and thd is 0.03%. Looks like it could be a keeper.

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

i found the owners manual in spanish. looks like it will take/put out up to 6 volts and thd is 0.03%. Looks like it could be a keeper.

Typical f'ed up Radio Shack only offering the manual in spanish!

lol

-former store manager

 

[stanky1219]

LOL. are we a little bitter toward the shack? I am , back in the day radshack had everything you ever needed. Now all they have is cell phones and ********.

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

LOL. are we a little bitter toward the shack? I am , back in the day radshack had everything you ever needed. Now all they have is cell phones and ********.

Well, in 1990 I took over a store in the middle of nowhere that had had sales losses for 4 years, broke even my first month (Nov), then won a district wide sales contest for December with a 30% sales increase...... and they asked me to step down back to being an asst manager position in a store that I had left to take the manager position.

I found out after the fact that the regional manager (and corporate in Texas) were pissed at me for running a profit in a store they were using to offset taxes due to the losses.

I left soon afterwards.

Oh well, their pay structure was a joke, even making a profit I was barely making more money as a manager (and driving 40 miles each way) than I was just being another sales person.

 

[stanky1219]

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[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I just won this on egay for 8.50 plus shipping. What do you guys think?
Optimus 3 way electronic crossover cat. No. 12-1968 - eBay (item 330459191931 end time Aug-15-10 18:09:06 PDT)

Very basic functions. And you can only do a 2-way + sub active setup with it. But it does appear to be capable of a 2-way active setup.

i found the owners manual in spanish. looks like it will take/put out up to 6 volts and thd is 0.03%. Looks like it could be a keeper.

The spec I haven't seen is the slope. Id assume it to be 12db, but with Optimus you never know.

Dont assume it wont be noisy just because of an advertised spec. But I agree, for the price, its worth trying since you obviously aren't currently running active.

 

[stanky1219]

it is 12db slopes.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Let us know how it works out.

 

[stanky1219]

i will. i think its gonna scream. and those m6's look beefy as hell. i cant wait till they get here.