how far away can x-overs be from speakers

[2008screw 10+ year member]

How far away can you place the passive x-overs from the actual speakers and is there any signal loss or any other problem if they are far away?

I ask because I have not found a suitable place to stash them close to the door speakers. I was thinking about placing them close to the amps that will be running them mounted on the back wall of my truck behind the rear seats.

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[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

my crossovers are under my back seat of my avalanche, so to the front speakers is a good 10ft give or take, no issues here

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

it can be anywhere. wherever is most convenient for you.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I prefer my passive crossovers to be very far away from me...like in a landfill //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

Not *everybody* wants to go with the active setup, Mister.

 

[mile098 10+ year member]

the closer the better

 

[2008screw 10+ year member]

the closer the better

Why???? Is there an issue with signal loss or something along those lines?

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

like i said, place them wherever is most convenient for you. it does not matter. absolutely nothing wrong with placing crossovers in your trunk. you will not lose any signal, why would you? crossovers do what they are suppose to do, filter frequencies and thats it.

 

[2008screw 10+ year member]

like i said, place them wherever is most convenient for you. it does not matter. absolutely nothing wrong with placing crossovers in your trunk. you will not lose any signal, why would you? crossovers do what they are suppose to do, filter frequencies and thats it.

I thought there might be some sort of loss due to distance like there can be with power wire.

If there is not, then awesome, I do not have to worry about it.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[BringDaBoom 10+ year member]

I got all four in the trunk running to the speakers in the doors. They sound great. No issues.

 

[CrossFired 10+ year member]

How far away can you place the passive x-overs from the actual speakers and is there any signal loss or any other problem if they are far away?
I ask because I have not found a suitable place to stash them close to the door speakers. I was thinking about placing them close to the amps that will be running them mounted on the back wall of my truck behind the rear seats.

I always put the xOvers in the doors.

 

[Thedeadly1 10+ year member]

I always put the xOvers in the doors.

Do you mean in the actual door on mounted on the interior? If you put them on the inside, i dont think you should keep them their, this is because they can get wet and rust and bad things.

 

[CrossFired 10+ year member]

In the doors for years and years with no rust!

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

^wish i could of said the same - mine survived about a year in the doors - never again.