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<blockquote data-quote="Bun-Bun" data-source="post: 4768967" data-attributes="member: 584852"><p>hmm... that makes sense. So this could be what happened with my guitar amp when I hook up a second speaker cabinet. Amp itself has 2 12" and the extra cabinet has 2 12" os a total of 4 12" wired in parallel. When adding the cabinet divides the current... but wait that changes the resistance the amp sees so theres more going on then that... k thats getting off topic.</p><p></p><p>OP here is a sticky about passive vs active <a href="http:////forum/showthread.php?t=146726" target="_blank">http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146726</a></p><p></p><p>Active is setting your crossover points before your amps and running 1 amp per speaker or speaker pair or a 4 channle to mids and tweets ect. Passive is running crossovers on the speaker outs after the amp and connecting mid and tweet to the same channle. More indepth explanation is in that thread</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bun-Bun, post: 4768967, member: 584852"] hmm... that makes sense. So this could be what happened with my guitar amp when I hook up a second speaker cabinet. Amp itself has 2 12" and the extra cabinet has 2 12" os a total of 4 12" wired in parallel. When adding the cabinet divides the current... but wait that changes the resistance the amp sees so theres more going on then that... k thats getting off topic. OP here is a sticky about passive vs active [URL="http:////forum/showthread.php?t=146726"]http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146726[/URL] Active is setting your crossover points before your amps and running 1 amp per speaker or speaker pair or a 4 channle to mids and tweets ect. Passive is running crossovers on the speaker outs after the amp and connecting mid and tweet to the same channle. More indepth explanation is in that thread [/QUOTE]
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