Inline Crossover

[srb 10+ year member]

I currently have the 6.5 Alpine type-S component speakers as my front stage. It uses an inline crossover instead of the regular external crossovers you usually see. I was wondering, would using different crossovers help improve the sound?

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[srb 10+ year member]

No one?

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

its only been 4 hours since you posted. and threads get burried fast here. someone will get to ya soon. lol.. hello my name is tony

anyway i personally do not see any difference in external crossovers unless they are active crossovers.

 

[srb 10+ year member]

Ok thank you for the reply.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

nope, only thing that could possibly make a diff in respect to the xover is changing the xover point/slope. simply changing the type wont make an audible difference.

 

[zako 10+ year member]

I currently have the 6.5 Alpine type-S component speakers as my front stage. It uses an inline crossover instead of the regular external crossovers you usually see. I was wondering, would using different crossovers help improve the sound?

It's a cheap speaker coupled with a cheap crossover design. There is only so much you can get out of them even with a better crossover. I don't see why switching to a different crossover box should make them necessarily better. Each component speaker pair requires crossovers with certain crossover frequencies, L-pads, etc. I don't think picking up a random crossover box will necessarily match the speakers you have. This is why a lot of people prefer using active (electronic) crossovers.