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In Reply to: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas posted by slbenz on February 9, 2012 at 23:11:21:
Biamping is not as simple as plugging two amps into some crossover unit. I have always biamped my Maggies going back to 1980 and have learned a lot in the process. Besides close attention to the gain of the amps, it is important to get the correct crossover point and filter order and slope. Most commercial units such as Art, Rane or Behringer are designed for music bands (pro) not home systems and don't give you the flexibility that you need. IMO the active XO should simulate the OEM passive crossover. After all, Magnepan (as do most speaker manufacturers) spends considerable time getting their XO's right before going to the expense of bringing out a new speaker. As AndyR says you need either to buy a Marchand XM-44 and specify the exact crossover parameters that you want or go DIY. Both will work but DIY is about 1/10th the cost. I should add other choices are a DSP unit or a computer set up, neither of which I have any experience.BTW if you are interested in going DIY or with the Marchand XM-44, I can give you the component values to simulate the OEM XO. I currently have my IIIa's biamped with the Marchand.
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- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - neolith 13:48:58 02/10/12 (13)
- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - Norman M 09:33:38 02/13/12 (5)
- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - neolith 15:11:19 02/13/12 (4)
- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - Norman M 08:15:08 02/15/12 (3)
- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - stigs 12:29:37 02/15/12 (2)
- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - slbenz 19:21:38 02/16/12 (1)
- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - Satie 22:31:43 02/16/12 (0)
- Gains - sbrians 23:26:15 02/10/12 (3)
- RE: Gains - neolith 07:25:14 02/11/12 (2)
- RE: Gains - slbenz 10:05:01 02/11/12 (1)
- Magnepan factory specs - neolith 20:20:08 02/11/12 (0)
- RE: Active Crossover Question for Maggie IIIas - slbenz 14:44:19 02/10/12 (2)
- Similar Setup - DaveStL 20:59:34 02/11/12 (1)
- RE: Similar Setup - slbenz 11:31:38 02/12/12 (0)
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