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In Reply to: RE: No worries.. posted by Freo-1 on November 29, 2015 at 09:12:48
Going to an ATC active speaker is the way to go. The biggest mistake many make is using a generic active crossover which assumes ideal drivers. No drivers are close to ideal and good crossover designers design crossovers to compensate for this so their crossovers are never classic generic. The same thing needs to be done for active crossovers. Different drivers need different adjustments. The big advantage of active crossovers is spreading the load among amps(can also be done with passive multi-amping) and especially better coupling to the drivers. The amp only has to see the inductance of the driver it's hooked to, not the complex combination of inductance and capacitance with a passive crossover.
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If the time ever comes to go active, the OP would need to replicate the transfer curve of his passive crossover, so an off-the-shelf unit would not be suitable. Fortunately there are a good selection of DSP units available that would be up to the task (some better than others).
I was looking at the First Watt B4 active crossover. From reading the website, looks like it could be set up to replicate the passive crossover rather easily.
"What this country needs is a good 5 watt amplifier!" (Paul Klipsch)
It "will work" but it won't replicate the transfer curve of your ATC crossover.
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