Sr SQ

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Hope I put this in the right catagory?
Right now running my passive xovers I am hitting my QSDs with a lot of power 200w rms per mid and 150w rms per tweet Bi wired thru the xovers but I am going to go to a active set-up and wonder if I should step down my power? For those actively skilled would you recommend me keeping it the same or using a couple of smaller amps? Is it a moot point or is there and differences I need to worry about? I just seems many active systems only use a 4x50w amp?

Dukk

More power is rarely a bad thing. Go through a proper gain setup routine and take it easy, paying attention to how your speakers react to the power. Then adjust your gains again to suit.

Tom.F.1

iTrader: (1)

Lots of power is good, just make sure you use the right frequencies for the speakers.
Mid-bass will need a HPF at about 80 hz, they'll die with sub freqs.

Sr SQ

iTrader: (5)

Thanks guys I was just looking at other peoples systems that were running without the passives and many seemed to be running only 50-100w per channel so..... I figured I was making a big mistake using my current power.

BigRedGuy

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It only becomes a big mistake when your tweeter's VC's melt into little puddles of copper....

Like they said, just be very careful with your gains.....

PT-Chris

iTrader: (1)

I run active in my truck using DLS Iridum 6.2 on a Db Drive 120.4 so 120rms per speaker


They seem to handle the power well, the tweeters require about half the power, sounds so much better then passive!!