What is active?

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

well you should for if it says "3 way crossover." if it says something like that then yes that HU will support an active front stage.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Get one of these and you'll be good to go: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=Coustic+XM6&category0=

I don't know why people keep recommending them...they **** ***. They garbage, and never work. Mine came completely DOA, Jason's came with one section DOA, and finally when it came back...it sucked...***.

Just an observation.

If you are so infamiliar with all this shit, you should probably consider a Regular passive component set FIRST. Then work torward an active. There are A LOT of things that can go wrong with an active setup, and if you're not sure of what you're doing...it can sound like shit.

NG

 

[slim j 10+ year member]

I feel as if I am color blind and am trying to see color. I hear on this forum about "color" but I have no idea what it means or if I am already seeing it but not recognizing it. I think what I have sounds okay but could be better. All i have is bass and words. I am thinking there must be something in between and I am trying to see what's there.

I also like the idea of doing it myself and knowing what is going on. I am not rich or anything but I have enough funds to break some stuff if I learn. I have also been watchingh people's sigs to see what they are running but I don't know much about the setup, just what they are running.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Well, just as a reference...here's my active setup:

-Alpine 9835 HU running 3-way active

-RE Audio 15 MT

Lowpassed 50hz, 24dB/oct slope

-RE Audio XXX6.5

Highpassed @63hz, 24dB/oct slope

Lowpassed @2kHz, 24dB/oct slope

-Vifa 1" Neodymium Textile Dome Tweeter

Highpassed @2.5kHz, 24dB/oct slope

-Kicker 450.2, 200rms x 2 for mids

-Kicker 200.2 ~30rm x 2 for tweets

-Incriminator Audio 20.1 @.35ohm daily for MT

I recommend getting a HU that has a built in crossover capable of running your setup. Alpine is my preference, Eclipse 8--- series are great as well.

NG

 

[slim j 10+ year member]

I never thought of 3 ways as like that. I always thought it was more like a 6.5, 4, and a tweet.

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

is there an advantage to using a nice crossover like an audio control vs. using the crossovers on the alpine 9835 HU.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

I never thought of 3 ways as like that. I always thought it was more like a 6.5, 4, and a tweet.

what you are refering to is a 3 way front stage. i have a 3 way setup as well. i have sub (low), 2 mids (mids) and 2 tweets (highs). 3 ways right?

 

[slim j 10+ year member]

Is there significant advantages to a 3 way front stage? Nevermind for me since I only have 4 channels and don't want to use a crossover.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

is there an advantage to using a nice crossover like an audio control vs. using the crossovers on the alpine 9835 HU.

IMHO, the only thing that would be better from AC would be the DXS or whatever that digital crossover is. All their other shit like the 3xs, 4xs, etc...is inferior and harder to use.

NGs

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

Is there significant advantages to a 3 way front stage? Nevermind for me since I only have 4 channels and don't want to use a crossover.

after reading all this i think you should just buy a component set and go with a passive setup. just my suggestion.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

after reading all this i think you should just buy a component set and go with a passive setup. just my suggestion.

Agreed.

NG

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

I never thought of 3 ways as like that. I always thought it was more like a 6.5, 4, and a tweet.

Add a sub ...that makes it 4ways...4 sets of chs needed to control each pair of drivers

3way active fronstage + sub = 4way active

 

[slim j 10+ year member]

I'll figure it out somehow...thanks for your help anyways.

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

yea it's not actually not that bad. It's like learning derivatives and integrals. When you first look at it, your like "WTF is this?!?!" but after reading a lil bit doing derivatives and integrals were hella easy. just read and read.

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

what makes an external crossover like the digital AC better than the HU crossovers?