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<blockquote data-quote="FoxPro5" data-source="post: 5728914" data-attributes="member: 562649">The speaker response will be different if you change the operating environment, right? (ie dead door = better FR). AES testing uses a large, flat baffle usually. Do YOU have a large, flat baffle in your car? So yes, if crossover pts vary due to install and are considered a part of tuning, trying to decide where and how to play a driver before all of that is kind of a waste of time.I only say this because I see a lot of n00b&#039;s (for a lack of a better term) setting their system up in their head before they even hear the response...or deciding on the passband before hand.....which might lead to false expectations. Sure, you can get the ballpark down before, but it&#039;s not the real deal until you tune it.So for someone to say &quot;you should cross that speaker between 50-250 hz&quot; is kind of silly to me. And relying on a speaker manufacturer to decide the passband response with a passive crossover in their lab is even more complicating, I think. In short, run active.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FoxPro5, post: 5728914, member: 562649"] The speaker response will be different if you change the operating environment, right? (ie dead door = better FR). AES testing uses a large, flat baffle usually. Do YOU have a large, flat baffle in your car? So yes, if crossover pts vary due to install and are considered a part of tuning, trying to decide where and how to play a driver before all of that is kind of a waste of time. I only say this because I see a lot of n00b's (for a lack of a better term) setting their system up in their head before they even hear the response...or deciding on the passband before hand.....which might lead to false expectations. Sure, you can get the ballpark down before, but it's not the real deal until you tune it. So for someone to say "you should cross that speaker between 50-250 hz" is kind of silly [I]to me[/I]. And relying on a speaker manufacturer to decide the passband response with a passive crossover in their lab is even more complicating, I think. In short, run active. [/QUOTE]

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