Well I have been wondering about something thats been bogging me for a while.

Crossovers.

A lot of people like to go all active and prefer it over passives.

But passives seem to have the advantage for midrange and up since you can "tune" the xover to the speaker it will be used in conjunction with. So wouldnt that in essance make a passive better (built for the specific driver) then active?

But then there is also the general saying that for midbase, active is much better.

Now why is that?

Is active ALWAYS better? Is the only downside from passives loss in power?

Someone please explain.

 

1 other problem is impedence compensation ,but protection is a plus with some passives.
actives are better for the fact that crossover point is easily adjusted,crossover slope is usually better,cleaner sounding highs & mids. [img]graemlins/deal4u.gif[/img] if you decide to use active,use a cap to protect the tweeter in case an amplifier decides to expire.