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<blockquote data-quote="FoxPro5" data-source="post: 1878421" data-attributes="member: 562649">This makes no sense. Why would the passives be cutting off at high volumes. Did you mean to say that you just hear distortion at high volumes??If you are going to run the speakers actively, then you would need a pair of RCA&#039;s for each channel - Front. Rear, Nonfader....so 3 pairs total. The Fronts go to Front on the amp (lets say you will use the Front for your tweeters) and the Rear goes to Rear (midbass). No Y splitter needed.Use the 9855 to control everything and turn all the filters on the amp to pass (ie not on). Then set it up like this:Front (tweeters): HP at 2.5kHzRear: (midbass): HP at 80Hz and LP at 2.5kHzNonfader (sub): LP at 80HzThese are just general starting points. You will have to adjust the frequency and slope to whatever sounds best to you. Maybe start with 24dB/oct slopes at all the above points and then adjust accordingly. You have be carefull that you don&#039;t run a full range signal to your tweeters. They will not instantly blow or anything, but if you drive them for a while without noticing, then there will be problems. It would be best to set all the x-overs on the deck before you plug the speaker wires in- just for safe measure anyway.My recommendation however would not to run them actively, but bridge your amp to 150w per side.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FoxPro5, post: 1878421, member: 562649"] This makes no sense. Why would the passives be cutting off at high volumes. Did you mean to say that you just hear distortion at high volumes?? If you are going to run the speakers actively, then you would need a pair of RCA's for each channel - Front. Rear, Nonfader....so 3 pairs total. The Fronts go to Front on the amp (lets say you will use the Front for your tweeters) and the Rear goes to Rear (midbass). No Y splitter needed. Use the 9855 to control everything and turn all the filters on the amp to pass (ie not on). Then set it up like this: Front (tweeters): HP at 2.5kHz Rear: (midbass): HP at 80Hz and LP at 2.5kHz Nonfader (sub): LP at 80Hz These are just general starting points. You will have to adjust the frequency and slope to whatever sounds best to you. Maybe start with 24dB/oct slopes at all the above points and then adjust accordingly. You have be carefull that you don't run a full range signal to your tweeters. They will not instantly blow or anything, but if you drive them for a while without noticing, then there will be problems. It would be best to set all the x-overs on the deck before you plug the speaker wires in- just for safe measure anyway. My recommendation however would not to run them actively, but bridge your amp to 150w per side. [/QUOTE]

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