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Active vs. Passive Crossovers [message #70530] Tue, 20 December 2011 22:19 Go to previous message
FloydV is currently offline  FloydV
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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


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