X-over location near amp or near speakers?
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In a component speaker system, bi-amped, would it be better to have the passive x-over near the amp, or near the speakers?
This would be in a system with the amps mounted in the truck, app. 13 ft of speaker wire between the amp and the speakers.
Would there be any difference at all?
This would be in a system with the amps mounted in the truck, app. 13 ft of speaker wire between the amp and the speakers.
Would there be any difference at all?
put them near the speakers and save yourself speaker wire. Also once I mounted my passives beside the amp and at high volume levels it would set off the tweeter protection, after I moved them up front it never happend again.
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Originally posted by hog_hauler:
put them near the speakers and save yourself speaker wire.
put them near the speakers and save yourself speaker wire.
I couldn't think of any reasons why mounting them near the amp would be bad.
Thanks.
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^Huh, are you going Bi-amped or passive? I had a 3 way system and I bi-ampded the set. 1 amplifier feeding the mid-woofs and one amp feeding the Mid-tweets (I assume that is what you are doing). I had the passive and active xovers in the trunk LOTS of wire going all over the place. If you go that direction I wish you better luck than I had.
I disagree a little with Orion_95 you 'probably' wont hear a difference even with the extra wire. BUT if you do end up adding wire that copper will add resistance and inductance to the system and that will not improve the sound.
Ditto
Putting passive or active xovers in doors is basically putting them in harms way (slamming doors will not improve their performance). I would plan the install to minimize the difficulty of the install as well.
I would put some thought about putting the active crossovers where you can easily get at them to 'tweak' your system. You will be surprised at all the tweaking you may have to do on a bi-amped setup.
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I disagree a little with Orion_95 you 'probably' wont hear a difference even with the extra wire. BUT if you do end up adding wire that copper will add resistance and inductance to the system and that will not improve the sound.
try not to place them near too much heat, moisture, vibration, etc. you know things that kill electronics. find a dry, cool, solid place.
Putting passive or active xovers in doors is basically putting them in harms way (slamming doors will not improve their performance). I would plan the install to minimize the difficulty of the install as well.
I would put some thought about putting the active crossovers where you can easily get at them to 'tweak' your system. You will be surprised at all the tweaking you may have to do on a bi-amped setup.
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Origially posted by JohnVroom:
^Huh, are you going Bi-amped or passive?
^Huh, are you going Bi-amped or passive?
Meaning that I can feed two inputs into it (one for mid, one for tweet).
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