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<blockquote data-quote="NSTALN" data-source="post: 8540136" data-attributes="member: 588169">Staying passive will be louder because you&#039;re obviously giving the speaker (system) more power...the drawback will be the lack of control over the individual drivers.Passive crossover components affect the phase of the drivers and can cause acoustic anomalies between the drivers...most of the time this is considered and addressed in the design/component selection of the passives crossover. So much of your choice will depend on how well your particular crossover/speaker system is designed. If it&#039;s well designed and handles 200rms per side like a champ...then maybe it&#039;s the way to go.If you don&#039;t really need the extra power or headroom of 200rms...and would prefer to not deal with crossover related phase issues then active may be the way to go.You will lose the ability to TA the individual drivers if you go passive. Passive crossovers typically do not have a lot of flexibility when it comes to level adjustment either.Myself, I would opt for the control...extra loud never compensated for not sounding as good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NSTALN, post: 8540136, member: 588169"] Staying passive will be louder because you're obviously giving the speaker (system) more power...the drawback will be the lack of control over the individual drivers. Passive crossover components affect the phase of the drivers and can cause acoustic anomalies between the drivers...most of the time this is considered and addressed in the design/component selection of the passives crossover. So much of your choice will depend on how well your particular crossover/speaker system is designed. If it's well designed and handles 200rms per side like a champ...then maybe it's the way to go. If you don't really need the extra power or headroom of 200rms...and would prefer to not deal with crossover related phase issues then active may be the way to go. You will lose the ability to TA the individual drivers if you go passive. Passive crossovers typically do not have a lot of flexibility when it comes to level adjustment either. Myself, I would opt for the control...extra loud never compensated for not sounding as good. [/QUOTE]

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