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I assume you mean running from the amp to the passive crossover:
If you have two runs of wire, how are the different frequencies going to split themselves up and decide which takes which wire. Are they going to talk amongts themselves? Esentially, wouldn't the same exact signal initially (until it reaches the crossover) be sent across the wires until filtered out?
Remember, a signal on the line doesn't change from the start as the later components change. Here's a SIMPLE example, but whatever:
initially you have a 5v source. to keep things simple we're going to say each resistor disappates 1v (for easier integration), the power on the wire will look something like this:
5v-----r1-----4v-----r2-----3v------r3-----2v
and not:
2v-----r1------2v-----r2----2v------r3-----2v
I just don't see any possible benefit other than an overall drop in resistance, which should you have that problem at all, you could rememdy with a larger wire.
If you have two runs of wire, how are the different frequencies going to split themselves up and decide which takes which wire. Are they going to talk amongts themselves? Esentially, wouldn't the same exact signal initially (until it reaches the crossover) be sent across the wires until filtered out?
Remember, a signal on the line doesn't change from the start as the later components change. Here's a SIMPLE example, but whatever:
initially you have a 5v source. to keep things simple we're going to say each resistor disappates 1v (for easier integration), the power on the wire will look something like this:
5v-----r1-----4v-----r2-----3v------r3-----2v
and not:
2v-----r1------2v-----r2----2v------r3-----2v
I just don't see any possible benefit other than an overall drop in resistance, which should you have that problem at all, you could rememdy with a larger wire.
