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<blockquote data-quote="nineball" data-source="post: 5935623" data-attributes="member: 585829">active means powering the mids and tweets separately with an external crossover. using the supplied crossover is passive.true, but you asked about other alpine units.jvc, like any other brand, has several models available with a wide assortment of features. the more you pay the more features you get. alpine is the only line (i believe) that gives you nothing in terms of extras with a hu. you have to buy the hd tuner, usb port, bt system, etc.they usually are nice units, they are just prone to the pico fuse problem.as i said i would stack the 993 up against almost any other hu i have owned in terms of sq. i like it.you would be better served to get one good set of comps up front and one good set of comps/coax in the back and amp them properly. if amp&#039;d properly you will never have to worry about them blowing from blasting them.everyone has an opinion on what is right and what sounds good to them, so do as you please, but 6 sets of comps and an extra set of tweets is just overkill. the same, and probably better, results could be achieved with a single set of speakers in each (front and rear) with proper tuning.-edit-i just re-read your post and i see you are mixing subs. that is not a good thing to do. search this board and you will find lots of threads on that topic. you seem to be of the mindset that &quot;more is more&quot; and that is usually not the case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nineball, post: 5935623, member: 585829"] active means powering the mids and tweets separately with an external crossover. using the supplied crossover is passive. true, but you asked about other alpine units. jvc, like any other brand, has several models available with a wide assortment of features. the more you pay the more features you get. alpine is the only line (i believe) that gives you nothing in terms of extras with a hu. you have to buy the hd tuner, usb port, bt system, etc. they usually are nice units, they are just prone to the pico fuse problem. as i said i would stack the 993 up against almost any other hu i have owned in terms of sq. i like it. you would be better served to get one good set of comps up front and one good set of comps/coax in the back and amp them properly. if amp'd properly you will never have to worry about them blowing from blasting them. everyone has an opinion on what is right and what sounds good to them, so do as you please, but 6 sets of comps and an extra set of tweets is just overkill. the same, and probably better, results could be achieved with a single set of speakers in each (front and rear) with proper tuning. -edit- i just re-read your post and i see you are mixing subs. that is not a good thing to do. search this board and you will find lots of threads on that topic. you seem to be of the mindset that "more is more" and that is usually not the case. [/QUOTE]

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