Letting crossovers earn their money??

[jdelk69 10+ year member]

Should I let the headunit set the crossover or let it run "through" and let the crossovers earn their Money??

thanks

Joe

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[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

The other crossovers are where, on the amp, or a separate unit?

If on the amp, use the HU so you can adjust from the front seats.

If its a separate unit, it depends on whether it has better crossovers (higher slopes, more adjustments) than the HU itself.

 

[jdelk69 10+ year member]

These are the crossover units that came with my polk db6501's. I have my system setup like this: head unit = rca'ed to amp = wire's to crossovers for each speaker (polk db6501's and polk momo 690's), from crossovers to speakers.

Thanks

Joe

 

[Macklessdaddy 10+ year member]

the passive crossover separates frequencies to the woofer and tweeter and the hu crossover or amps xover acts as a filter,you need some type of high pass filter unless you will be listening at low volume all the time

 

[iknownothin2006 10+ year member]

hmmm fooled me thought this was a basketball crossover thread

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

passive crossovers are wack

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

passive crossovers are wack

x a bazillion.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

the passive crossover separates frequencies to the woofer and tweeter and the hu crossover or amps xover acts as a filter,you need some type of high pass filter unless you will be listening at low volume all the time

A crossover and a filter are the same thing. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Edit: Rather, a crossover is comprised of filters. I'm bein' an ass. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

TBH, when I used passives, I would still HP @ the HU....like 60 Hz or so