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Aug 14, 2005 | 09:35 PM

Drew

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Right now I have an Orion 300.2 and am getting my RE XXX mids this week. I will be matching them with a set of to be determined tweeters. From what I have heard, going active is a lot easier and usually cheaper than building a passive crossover. I will be running this setup off an Alpine iva-d310 deck. What do I need to make this setup active, and is it possible using only the two amp channels I have available? I have no rear fill, so none of the deck's channels will be used unless needed. If anyone knows what additional equipment I will need, and how to set it up. Thanks.

edit: I am fairly sure that the mids have a 2ohm vc if that makes a difference.

[ August 14, 2005, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: Drew ]

Aug 14, 2005 | 09:52 PM

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^^I would if I could afford it right now. Currently though, I'm pretty much just wondering if it is possible to run a set of mids and tweets active off only two channels.

Aug 14, 2005 | 10:05 PM

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Nope, your going to need a channel for each speaker. Unless you want to run mono.. [img]smile.gif[/img] lol

Aug 15, 2005 | 12:46 PM

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^ correct. Active needs an amp channel per speaker.

Aug 15, 2005 | 01:07 PM

Drew

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ok thanks. How much power fo you usually need for tweeters?

Aug 15, 2005 | 08:45 PM

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Anything over 25 watts rms is usually good for most tweeters. I wouldn't go much over 100 rms unless you have some large format 8 ohm types for most tweets.