Hold on there Baba Boy! Passive *can* be done - MaggiesAndCats

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Topic - new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - rrob 11:01:38 08/09/10 (109)

RE: I have Schematics from Magnepan - benie 04:40:17 08/10/10 (0)

As neo has stated, you *can't* passively biamp stock IIIas ... - andyr 17:39:57 08/09/10 (97)

Hold on there Baba Boy! Passive *can* be done - MaggiesAndCats 18:24:02 08/09/10 (87)

Yes, if you have the XO-1 *as well as* the external XOs. Or ... - andyr 20:12:11 08/09/10 (0)

RE: Am I missing something? - rrob 19:35:53 08/09/10 (85)

RE: Am I missing something? - neolith 20:25:33 08/09/10 (75)

RE: Am I missing something? - rrob 20:33:55 08/09/10 (74)

"Just the external XO" ... I hope you really mean "Just both external XOs"? ... - andyr 20:41:53 08/09/10 (73)

RE: "Just the external XO" ... I hope you really mean "Just both external XOs"? ... - rrob 20:43:38 08/09/10 (72)

And each box has just 1 pair of input terminals? nt - andyr 20:44:56 08/09/10 (71)

RE: And each box has just 1 pair of input terminals? nt - rrob 20:52:45 08/09/10 (70)

So can you explain how you were connecting 2 amps to the Maggies, then? nt - andyr 20:54:18 08/09/10 (69)

RE: So can you explain how you were connecting 2 amps to the Maggies, then? nt - rrob 21:17:06 08/09/10 (68)

OK, *now* we can understand what you're doing. :-)) .. - andyr 21:39:54 08/09/10 (67)

RE: OK, *now* we can understand what you're doing. :-)) .. - rrob 22:03:43 08/09/10 (66)

Correct. :-)) ... - andyr 22:41:54 08/09/10 (65)

I'll have a go at explaining. - Davy 04:16:52 08/10/10 (64)

RE: I'll have a go at explaining. - Davy 04:54:28 08/10/10 (63)

Threshold is connected - rrob 05:51:22 08/10/10 (62)

RE: Threshold is connected - Satie 19:33:10 08/10/10 (18)

RE: Threshold is connected - rrob 20:07:46 08/10/10 (17)

RE: Threshold is connected - Satie 14:19:08 08/11/10 (16)

Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - rrob 18:55:25 08/11/10 (15)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - Satie 21:38:48 08/11/10 (14)

Satie, thanks for the picture - rrob 07:02:30 08/14/10 (9)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Davy 07:35:50 08/14/10 (8)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - rrob 09:52:26 08/14/10 (7)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Satie 13:17:11 08/14/10 (4)

Satie, I don't think my preamp has - rrob 15:08:32 08/14/10 (3)

RE: Satie, I don't think my preamp has - Satie 16:02:24 08/15/10 (2)

RE: Satie, thanks for checking - rrob 16:33:04 08/15/10 (1)

RE: Satie, thanks for checking - Davy 17:34:21 08/15/10 (0)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Davy 11:13:37 08/14/10 (0)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Davy 11:04:23 08/14/10 (0)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - pictureguy 09:44:10 08/12/10 (3)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - Satie 10:07:08 08/12/10 (2)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - pictureguy 11:47:02 08/12/10 (1)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - Satie 14:53:39 08/12/10 (0)

RE: Threshold is connected - Davy 06:03:29 08/10/10 (42)

No soldering of the capacitor - neolith 06:32:39 08/10/10 (41)

RE: No soldering of the capacitor - Davy 06:52:49 08/10/10 (40)

RE: No soldering of the capacitor - neolith 18:41:02 08/10/10 (4)

RE: No soldering of the capacitor - Davy 18:59:11 08/10/10 (3)

Single cap high pass passive line-level xo - neolith 13:19:22 08/12/10 (2)

RE: Single cap high pass passive line-level xo - Davy 06:59:07 08/16/10 (0)

RE: Single cap high pass passive line-level xo - Davy 13:28:27 08/12/10 (0)

Do you need the capacitor when you go active? *nt* - MaggiesAndCats 07:22:55 08/10/10 (34)

NO, But.... - Davy 07:43:05 08/10/10 (33)

Interesting... - MaggiesAndCats 08:21:06 08/10/10 (32)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 08:30:53 08/10/10 (31)

RE: Interesting... - MaggiesAndCats 09:06:17 08/10/10 (30)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 09:27:10 08/10/10 (29)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 16:15:28 08/10/10 (28)

Analog only - MaggiesAndCats 20:33:51 08/10/10 (25)

RE: Analog only - Davy 03:52:58 08/11/10 (24)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 14:49:11 08/11/10 (9)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 16:09:13 08/11/10 (8)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 23:04:46 08/11/10 (7)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 06:33:18 08/12/10 (6)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 09:55:03 08/12/10 (5)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 13:09:23 08/12/10 (4)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 12:59:29 08/14/10 (3)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 14:35:18 08/14/10 (2)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 16:30:17 08/15/10 (1)

Thanks Satie, I'm getting there! - (slowly!) - Davy 17:43:28 08/15/10 (0)

RE: Analog only - josh358 11:34:49 08/11/10 (13)

RE: Analog only - Davy 12:12:21 08/11/10 (12)

RE: Analog only - josh358 12:59:57 08/11/10 (11)

RE: Analog only - Davy 13:33:51 08/11/10 (10)

RE: Analog only - josh358 16:57:48 08/11/10 (9)

RE: Analog only - Davy 17:57:01 08/11/10 (8)

RE: Analog only - josh358 18:17:09 08/11/10 (7)

RE: Analog only - Davy 19:11:56 08/11/10 (6)

RE: Analog only - josh358 20:12:43 08/11/10 (5)

RE: Analog only - Davy 06:27:52 08/12/10 (4)

RE: Analog only - josh358 08:26:39 08/12/10 (3)

RE: Analog only - Davy 12:57:39 08/12/10 (2)

RE: Analog only - josh358 13:13:16 08/12/10 (1)

RE: Analog only - Davy 13:19:29 08/12/10 (0)

RE: Interesting... - rrob 17:26:58 08/10/10 (1)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 17:39:44 08/10/10 (0)

Yes - the black box - MaggiesAndCats 20:00:13 08/09/10 (8)

RE: Yes - the black box - rrob 20:16:55 08/09/10 (6)

Amp with DC output - neolith 20:31:03 08/09/10 (5)

RE: Amp with DC output - rrob 20:38:43 08/09/10 (4)

DO NOT DO IT! - neolith 18:46:38 08/10/10 (3)

RE: DO NOT DO IT! - rrob 18:51:31 08/10/10 (2)

It depends if your amps are designed to be able to cope with a short ... or not! :-)) nt - andyr 03:22:20 08/11/10 (1)

RE: It depends if your amps are designed to be able to cope with a short ... or not! :-)) nt - pictureguy 09:52:27 08/12/10 (0)

You do have 2 of the external crossover boxes, right? One for each speaker? *nt* - MaggiesAndCats 20:03:50 08/09/10 (0)

RE: As neo has stated, you *can't* passively biamp stock IIIas ... - rrob 17:55:07 08/09/10 (8)

Mmmm, we seem to be at cross purposes :-(( ... - andyr 19:20:45 08/09/10 (6)

RE: Mmmm, we seem to be at cross purposes :-(( ... - rrob 19:53:19 08/09/10 (1)

No problem ... - andyr 20:07:34 08/09/10 (0)

Seems there is no XO-1 in the setup - MaggiesAndCats 19:37:43 08/09/10 (3)

RE: Seems there is no XO-1 in the setup - Davy 20:08:34 08/09/10 (2)

Perhaps you're referring to the OP? - MaggiesAndCats 07:31:47 08/10/10 (1)

RE: Perhaps you're referring to the OP? - Davy 07:52:09 08/10/10 (0)

RE: As neo has stated, you *can't* passively biamp stock IIIas ... - neolith 18:06:55 08/09/10 (0)

RE: new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - neolith 15:24:49 08/09/10 (9)

RE: new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - rrob 16:54:49 08/09/10 (1)

RE: new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - neolith 18:03:02 08/09/10 (0)

RE: new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - Davy 16:05:01 08/09/10 (4)

RE: new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - neolith 16:40:58 08/09/10 (3)

RE: DC output - rrob 17:36:15 08/09/10 (1)

RE: DC output - neolith 18:16:22 08/09/10 (0)

RE: new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - Davy 17:10:13 08/09/10 (0)

RE: new owner of MG-IIIas with questions - josh358 15:48:17 08/09/10 (1)

LOL!! :-)) nt - andyr 16:51:52 08/09/10 (0)

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Hold on there Baba Boy! Passive *can* be done - MaggiesAndCats 18:24:02 08/09/10 (87)

Yes, if you have the XO-1 *as well as* the external XOs. Or ... - andyr 20:12:11 08/09/10 (0)

RE: Am I missing something? - rrob 19:35:53 08/09/10 (85)

RE: Am I missing something? - neolith 20:25:33 08/09/10 (75)

RE: Am I missing something? - rrob 20:33:55 08/09/10 (74)

"Just the external XO" ... I hope you really mean "Just both external XOs"? ... - andyr 20:41:53 08/09/10 (73)

RE: "Just the external XO" ... I hope you really mean "Just both external XOs"? ... - rrob 20:43:38 08/09/10 (72)

And each box has just 1 pair of input terminals? nt - andyr 20:44:56 08/09/10 (71)

RE: And each box has just 1 pair of input terminals? nt - rrob 20:52:45 08/09/10 (70)

So can you explain how you were connecting 2 amps to the Maggies, then? nt - andyr 20:54:18 08/09/10 (69)

RE: So can you explain how you were connecting 2 amps to the Maggies, then? nt - rrob 21:17:06 08/09/10 (68)

OK, *now* we can understand what you're doing. :-)) .. - andyr 21:39:54 08/09/10 (67)

RE: OK, *now* we can understand what you're doing. :-)) .. - rrob 22:03:43 08/09/10 (66)

Correct. :-)) ... - andyr 22:41:54 08/09/10 (65)

I'll have a go at explaining. - Davy 04:16:52 08/10/10 (64)

RE: I'll have a go at explaining. - Davy 04:54:28 08/10/10 (63)

Threshold is connected - rrob 05:51:22 08/10/10 (62)

RE: Threshold is connected - Satie 19:33:10 08/10/10 (18)

RE: Threshold is connected - rrob 20:07:46 08/10/10 (17)

RE: Threshold is connected - Satie 14:19:08 08/11/10 (16)

Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - rrob 18:55:25 08/11/10 (15)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - Satie 21:38:48 08/11/10 (14)

Satie, thanks for the picture - rrob 07:02:30 08/14/10 (9)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Davy 07:35:50 08/14/10 (8)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - rrob 09:52:26 08/14/10 (7)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Satie 13:17:11 08/14/10 (4)

Satie, I don't think my preamp has - rrob 15:08:32 08/14/10 (3)

RE: Satie, I don't think my preamp has - Satie 16:02:24 08/15/10 (2)

RE: Satie, thanks for checking - rrob 16:33:04 08/15/10 (1)

RE: Satie, thanks for checking - Davy 17:34:21 08/15/10 (0)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Davy 11:13:37 08/14/10 (0)

RE: Satie, thanks for the picture - Davy 11:04:23 08/14/10 (0)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - pictureguy 09:44:10 08/12/10 (3)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - Satie 10:07:08 08/12/10 (2)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - pictureguy 11:47:02 08/12/10 (1)

RE: Satie, I was planning to use the 250s - Satie 14:53:39 08/12/10 (0)

RE: Threshold is connected - Davy 06:03:29 08/10/10 (42)

No soldering of the capacitor - neolith 06:32:39 08/10/10 (41)

RE: No soldering of the capacitor - Davy 06:52:49 08/10/10 (40)

RE: No soldering of the capacitor - neolith 18:41:02 08/10/10 (4)

RE: No soldering of the capacitor - Davy 18:59:11 08/10/10 (3)

Single cap high pass passive line-level xo - neolith 13:19:22 08/12/10 (2)

RE: Single cap high pass passive line-level xo - Davy 06:59:07 08/16/10 (0)

RE: Single cap high pass passive line-level xo - Davy 13:28:27 08/12/10 (0)

Do you need the capacitor when you go active? *nt* - MaggiesAndCats 07:22:55 08/10/10 (34)

NO, But.... - Davy 07:43:05 08/10/10 (33)

Interesting... - MaggiesAndCats 08:21:06 08/10/10 (32)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 08:30:53 08/10/10 (31)

RE: Interesting... - MaggiesAndCats 09:06:17 08/10/10 (30)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 09:27:10 08/10/10 (29)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 16:15:28 08/10/10 (28)

Analog only - MaggiesAndCats 20:33:51 08/10/10 (25)

RE: Analog only - Davy 03:52:58 08/11/10 (24)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 14:49:11 08/11/10 (9)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 16:09:13 08/11/10 (8)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 23:04:46 08/11/10 (7)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 06:33:18 08/12/10 (6)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 09:55:03 08/12/10 (5)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 13:09:23 08/12/10 (4)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 12:59:29 08/14/10 (3)

RE: DIGITAL only - Davy 14:35:18 08/14/10 (2)

RE: DIGITAL only - Satie 16:30:17 08/15/10 (1)

Thanks Satie, I'm getting there! - (slowly!) - Davy 17:43:28 08/15/10 (0)

RE: Analog only - josh358 11:34:49 08/11/10 (13)

RE: Analog only - Davy 12:12:21 08/11/10 (12)

RE: Analog only - josh358 12:59:57 08/11/10 (11)

RE: Analog only - Davy 13:33:51 08/11/10 (10)

RE: Analog only - josh358 16:57:48 08/11/10 (9)

RE: Analog only - Davy 17:57:01 08/11/10 (8)

RE: Analog only - josh358 18:17:09 08/11/10 (7)

RE: Analog only - Davy 19:11:56 08/11/10 (6)

RE: Analog only - josh358 20:12:43 08/11/10 (5)

RE: Analog only - Davy 06:27:52 08/12/10 (4)

RE: Analog only - josh358 08:26:39 08/12/10 (3)

RE: Analog only - Davy 12:57:39 08/12/10 (2)

RE: Analog only - josh358 13:13:16 08/12/10 (1)

RE: Analog only - Davy 13:19:29 08/12/10 (0)

RE: Interesting... - rrob 17:26:58 08/10/10 (1)

RE: Interesting... - Davy 17:39:44 08/10/10 (0)

Yes - the black box - MaggiesAndCats 20:00:13 08/09/10 (8)

RE: Yes - the black box - rrob 20:16:55 08/09/10 (6)

Amp with DC output - neolith 20:31:03 08/09/10 (5)

RE: Amp with DC output - rrob 20:38:43 08/09/10 (4)

DO NOT DO IT! - neolith 18:46:38 08/10/10 (3)

RE: DO NOT DO IT! - rrob 18:51:31 08/10/10 (2)

It depends if your amps are designed to be able to cope with a short ... or not! :-)) nt - andyr 03:22:20 08/11/10 (1)

RE: It depends if your amps are designed to be able to cope with a short ... or not! :-)) nt - pictureguy 09:52:27 08/12/10 (0)

You do have 2 of the external crossover boxes, right? One for each speaker? *nt* - MaggiesAndCats 20:03:50 08/09/10 (0)

Hold on there Baba Boy! Passive can be done

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