Focal VS Hybrid Audio
07-21-2009, 01:27 PM
#32
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i have an engineer friend that we have had this converstaion till the wee hours and the best compromise we can come up with is that there are too many other factors to say which is better.....if your a purist then passive if your a control freak that thinks purity can come from control then electronic
07-21-2009, 08:13 PM
#33
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,599
^ I can buy that... active will help FIND the correct cross-over point and slope though I suspect (opinion no proof) the passive may sound a smidgen better
07-22-2009, 10:29 PM
#35
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 519
Its to expensive to run active after the amplification stage VS passive. However, before amplification I wouldn't do anything but active. Actually, I would just get a DSP board and program the filter I want. 
btw, building Active and passive filters are really easy. The hard part is finding the right components for the job. Then again, easy is subjective. I've been designing them (passive and active) for the last year of my electronics degree.
btw, building Active and passive filters are really easy. The hard part is finding the right components for the job. Then again, easy is subjective. I've been designing them (passive and active) for the last year of my electronics degree.
Last edited by Njord; 07-22-2009 at 10:36 PM.
07-24-2009, 10:09 AM
#36
I just installed my Hybrid components into my show car.
The mid bass is spectacular! It's so punchy, tough, strong. I turned my filter down to 25 hertz and cranked it up to almost 3/4 of volume. These are very impressive.
The 3" that are in my "A" pillars are pretty sweet too. I'm giving them 100 watts a side and the take it well. They are set from 250 to 4000 hertz. I need to spend more time tuning them, but so far, I'm very impressed!
I don't have any Focals in my shop to compare them to in an apples to apples enviroment and I'm sure that they would sound great too, but for the money that I didn't have to pay for these, I'm really happy.
See you at the next sound-off.
The mid bass is spectacular! It's so punchy, tough, strong. I turned my filter down to 25 hertz and cranked it up to almost 3/4 of volume. These are very impressive.
The 3" that are in my "A" pillars are pretty sweet too. I'm giving them 100 watts a side and the take it well. They are set from 250 to 4000 hertz. I need to spend more time tuning them, but so far, I'm very impressed!
I don't have any Focals in my shop to compare them to in an apples to apples enviroment and I'm sure that they would sound great too, but for the money that I didn't have to pay for these, I'm really happy.
See you at the next sound-off.
07-24-2009, 11:02 AM
#37
I'm glad you are liking your Hybrids. The L3 and L6 is in my current setup - no complaints. My L3 is in my A Pilar too and it's sees 7.1k @24 db - Try that, hopefully you will hear a big difference.
What tweeter are you running? If you can bring them up to 6500k-7000k at 24db - trust me....try it
What tweeter are you running? If you can bring them up to 6500k-7000k at 24db - trust me....try it
I just installed my Hybrid components into my show car.
The mid bass is spectacular! It's so punchy, tough, strong. I turned my filter down to 25 hertz and cranked it up to almost 3/4 of volume. These are very impressive.
The 3" that are in my "A" pillars are pretty sweet too. I'm giving them 100 watts a side and the take it well. They are set from 250 to 4000 hertz. I need to spend more time tuning them, but so far, I'm very impressed!
I don't have any Focals in my shop to compare them to in an apples to apples enviroment and I'm sure that they would sound great too, but for the money that I didn't have to pay for these, I'm really happy.
See you at the next sound-off.
The mid bass is spectacular! It's so punchy, tough, strong. I turned my filter down to 25 hertz and cranked it up to almost 3/4 of volume. These are very impressive.
The 3" that are in my "A" pillars are pretty sweet too. I'm giving them 100 watts a side and the take it well. They are set from 250 to 4000 hertz. I need to spend more time tuning them, but so far, I'm very impressed!
I don't have any Focals in my shop to compare them to in an apples to apples enviroment and I'm sure that they would sound great too, but for the money that I didn't have to pay for these, I'm really happy.
See you at the next sound-off.
Last edited by avidedtr; 07-24-2009 at 11:04 AM.
07-24-2009, 04:06 PM
#38
I'm glad you are liking your Hybrids. The L3 and L6 is in my current setup - no complaints. My L3 is in my A Pilar too and it's sees 7.1k @24 db - Try that, hopefully you will hear a big difference.
What tweeter are you running? If you can bring them up to 6500k-7000k at 24db - trust me....try it
What tweeter are you running? If you can bring them up to 6500k-7000k at 24db - trust me....try it
I'll keep you informed.
07-25-2009, 12:59 PM
#39
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 537
Post-amplifier active?
Its to expensive to run active after the amplification stage VS passive. However, before amplification I wouldn't do anything but active. Actually, I would just get a DSP board and program the filter I want.
btw, building Active and passive filters are really easy. The hard part is finding the right components for the job. Then again, easy is subjective. I've been designing them (passive and active) for the last year of my electronics degree.
btw, building Active and passive filters are really easy. The hard part is finding the right components for the job. Then again, easy is subjective. I've been designing them (passive and active) for the last year of my electronics degree.
