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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 1721604" data-attributes="member: 560358">New tech article by audio guru -&amp;gt; John K.<a href="http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?read=378066" target="_blank">http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?read=378066</a>Shortcut:Hybrid Design Philosophy: Passive crossovers with active equalization.<a href="http://www.musicanddesign.com/HybridDesign.html" target="_blank">http://www.musicanddesign.com/HybridDesign.html</a>Why?snip&quot;the system retains the ability to be driven by a single amplifier thus avoidingthe expense of multichannel amplification.&quot;I&#039;m not posting my black sheep thoughts on that forum, but instead for youramusement I&#039;ll tell you why this idea isn&#039;t sweet as it appears for a DIY loudspeaker.This isn&#039;t rocket science, this is common sense 101 class.First, active equalization means you have to spend money on whatevercircuit or processor to do that job. That same money could buy youa digital crossover w/EQ &amp;amp; delay for $250.Next, you can buy two more amplifier channels for cheap, lets say $200.So, for $200 more you can get a setup that is 100x more superior than a dedicatedhybrid design that, a one trick pony for that speaker design only.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 1721604, member: 560358"] New tech article by audio guru -> John K. [URL="http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?read=378066"]http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?read=378066[/URL] Shortcut: Hybrid Design Philosophy: Passive crossovers with active equalization. [URL="http://www.musicanddesign.com/HybridDesign.html"]http://www.musicanddesign.com/HybridDesign.html[/URL] Why? snip [I]"the system retains the ability to be driven by a single amplifier thus avoiding[/I] [I]the expense of multichannel amplification."[/I] I'm not posting my black sheep thoughts on that forum, but instead for your amusement I'll tell you why this idea isn't sweet as it appears for a DIY loudspeaker. This isn't rocket science, this is common sense 101 class. First, active equalization means you have to spend money on whatever circuit or processor to do that job. That same money could buy you a digital crossover w/EQ & delay for $250. Next, you can buy two more amplifier channels for cheap, lets say $200. So, for $200 more you can get a setup that is 100x more superior than a dedicated hybrid design that, a one trick pony for that speaker design only. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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