In Reply to: RE: REVIEW: Avantgarde Trio Speakers posted by samoore on March 30, 2014 at 12:46:50:
A system is only as sensitive as the least sensitive section, regardless whether that section is self powered. In effect, if the system is flat, the more sensitive parts of the system are padded down to the least sensitive part. It doesn't matter how this level matching is done, by active crossover, L-pads or whatever; the effect is the same.
Lookie here, I used to run Altec A5s, of about 105db sensitivity, with JBL Pro subs of about 100db sensitivity. An active crossover was used at 100hz. Now I ran the JBLs wide open but had to turn the Altecs down to match them. The result was a SYSTEM sensitivity of about 100db.
Now I could've run the A5s wide open and had 105db sensitivity above 100hz but that would've sounded like Hell, right?
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