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Re: Active vs passive crossover

Posted by Ethan Winer (M) on April 20, 2007 at 11:21:54

In Reply to: Active vs passive crossover posted by fred_troy@hotmail.com on April 20, 2007 at 09:59:07:

Fred,

> Why isn't simple line level low pass and high pass filters a good idea? <

Passive might be okay if the connecting cables are very short. But there could also be an interaction between the crossover's capacitors and the capacitance of the cables. Another issue is it's more difficult to make a crossover that's more than 6 dB per octave using only passive components, without the interaction mentioned above.

--Ethan

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