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Mar 15, 2004 | 01:06 PM

#11

Seahag

1000 Watt CAFz'r

Joined: Aug 2002

Posts: 1,239

I am atually doing this right now.
While my passives still suck @ss, I cannot get the active unit to sound any better.

How long do you have to mess around with this stuff in order to get it sounding better? Tricks?

Mar 15, 2004 | 02:15 PM

#12

Paul Niwranski

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There is no doubt that an active system is far easier to tune but I will not flatly agree that once the smoke clears it is definitely superior to a passive system.

The worlds best speakers have passive crossovers in them.

Mar 15, 2004 | 03:48 PM

#13

islandphile

1000 Watt CAFz'r

Joined: Sep 2001

Posts: 1,120

Yes Dukk and arguably the best studio monitors have an active setup...like Genelec

http://www.genelec.com/

Mar 15, 2004 | 04:14 PM

#14

JohnVroom

Yankee

Joined: Oct 2003

Posts: 3,599

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Active means more control. Control is everything. Power isn't "power". Control is "power". Some of you will understand that, while others will go and think I'm insane !!!

True on a number of levels, though when I had my front end active (3way front end with a sub)getting the balance between drivers right was almost impossible. I think some of my x-overs were dicking me around (EQX). The power is in the operators fingers in an active system.