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			| Active vs. Passive Crossovers [message #70530] | Tue, 20 December 2011 22:19  |  
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					|  FloydV Messages: 124
 Registered: November 2011
 Location: Boise, ID
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	| At AVS forum DIY speakers, several people have made statements that they no longer use passive crossover networks. Instead they use active (electronic) crossovers. 
 First, can someone give me a short course for dummies in Active Crossovers?
 
 Are they really replacing passive crossovers in many applications?
 Active brings to my mind something like graphic equalizers. As I remember, they were faulted for inducing unwanted distortion. Maybe times have changed.
 
 Floyd
 
 He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. -- Albert Einstein
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