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<blockquote data-quote="BnGRacing" data-source="post: 7490519" data-attributes="member: 557400"><p>Active is a PITA. Is it 'better'? I don't think so...but it's certainly more convenient to have control at your fingertips than to fab up another passive crossover network. The thing I like about 'active' setups isn't the EQ or crossover, I think analog components sound better, it's the time correction aspect. You can correct every speaker for superior imaging while using near factory locations. That's cool...but digital x-overs &amp; EQs have never sounded right to me. What I've done in the past was bi-amp the passive crossovers supplied with the speakers. The passives handled all the crossover, phase, &amp; linearity stuff while I time corrected from the driver's seat.</p><p></p><p>What you'll have to do in an 'active' system is basically do what the passive crossovers do; set a HP &amp; LP crossover point for your mid &amp; tweet, compensate for efficiency differences between the mid &amp; tweet, and compensate for impedance/freq. spikes in each driver. The crossover part is self explanatory. The efficiency stuff is really level setting. It's so when you turn up the volume +5, both speakers increase volume in equal measures. The impedance/frequency spikes all speakers have are actively taken care of with an EQ. Passively, you'd use a Zobel or notch filter.</p><p></p><p>You can do all of that with the right HU or processor...it's just a real pain to get things right and to resist the temptation to constantly tweak instead of just enjoying the music.</p><p></p><p>Does it automatically make the speakers sound better? I've never thought so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BnGRacing, post: 7490519, member: 557400"] Active is a PITA. Is it 'better'? I don't think so...but it's certainly more convenient to have control at your fingertips than to fab up another passive crossover network. The thing I like about 'active' setups isn't the EQ or crossover, I think analog components sound better, it's the time correction aspect. You can correct every speaker for superior imaging while using near factory locations. That's cool...but digital x-overs & EQs have never sounded right to me. What I've done in the past was bi-amp the passive crossovers supplied with the speakers. The passives handled all the crossover, phase, & linearity stuff while I time corrected from the driver's seat. What you'll have to do in an 'active' system is basically do what the passive crossovers do; set a HP & LP crossover point for your mid & tweet, compensate for efficiency differences between the mid & tweet, and compensate for impedance/freq. spikes in each driver. The crossover part is self explanatory. The efficiency stuff is really level setting. It's so when you turn up the volume +5, both speakers increase volume in equal measures. The impedance/frequency spikes all speakers have are actively taken care of with an EQ. Passively, you'd use a Zobel or notch filter. You can do all of that with the right HU or processor...it's just a real pain to get things right and to resist the temptation to constantly tweak instead of just enjoying the music. Does it automatically make the speakers sound better? I've never thought so. [/QUOTE]
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