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<blockquote data-quote="mikey7182" data-source="post: 3936647" data-attributes="member: 580809"><p>I just looked through the owner&#039;s manuals of your deck, both amps, and EQ, and it doesn&#039;t look like with what you have that you&#039;ll be able to go active.&nbsp; Your amps HPF tops out at 200Hz on the Kenwood and 320Hz on the Infinity, and your deck only offers a HPF/LPF setup, which will be fine for where your sub/mids cross over, but you need a 2nd point where your mids/tweeters cross over, usually ~2kHz.&nbsp; None of the equipment you have (except the passive xovers you&#039;re already using) offer this.&nbsp; If you really want to run active, You could get away with keeping everything you have except for one unit (either one amp, the deck, eq, etc).&nbsp; By replacing one of these with something that allows you to LPF your mids and HPF your tweeters at ~2kHz or so, you&#039;ll be fine.&nbsp; Some amps offer this, such as the Alpine V12s (MRV-F545... I have one).&nbsp; Also a lot of mid to high end decks offer this, including the Alpine 9887 and some of the Pioneers.&nbsp; But with what you have, you can&#039;t do it...</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="mikey7182, post: 3936647, member: 580809"] I just looked through the owner's manuals of your deck, both amps, and EQ, and it doesn't look like with what you have that you'll be able to go active. Your amps HPF tops out at 200Hz on the Kenwood and 320Hz on the Infinity, and your deck only offers a HPF/LPF setup, which will be fine for where your sub/mids cross over, but you need a 2nd point where your mids/tweeters cross over, usually ~2kHz. None of the equipment you have (except the passive xovers you're already using) offer this. If you really want to run active, You could get away with keeping everything you have except for one unit (either one amp, the deck, eq, etc). By replacing one of these with something that allows you to LPF your mids and HPF your tweeters at ~2kHz or so, you'll be fine. Some amps offer this, such as the Alpine V12s (MRV-F545... I have one). Also a lot of mid to high end decks offer this, including the Alpine 9887 and some of the Pioneers. But with what you have, you can't do it... [/QUOTE]

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