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OK, *now* we can understand what you're doing. :-)) ..

Hi Randy,

You should not feed one amp directly into the Mid/Tweeter connectors on the Maggie back-plates ... these must be connected to the Mid/Tweeter output of the external XO boxes.

(Or to the output of the amp fed by the "hi" output of a 2-way active XO.)

So you need to choose 1 of your 2 amps to drive the Maggies currently - presumably the more powerful one?

NB: Whether one of your amps produces DC or not is not something you need to worry about.

You asked: "Would an active crossover provide a low pass filter for the MR? If so that would be a better solution?"

No, the 2-way active XO completely replaces the external XO boxes and delivers bass LP & mid HP. The LP filter for the mid is part of the mid/ribbon XO which is under the sock, down the bottom of the frame, at the rear.

You also said: "The ribbon was protected by its low pass filter."

Not exactly! :-)) The ribbon is protected by its high pass filter, which is part of the internal XO, under the sock. (A "high pass filter" passes the high frequencies - IOW it rolls off the bass.)

Regards,

Andy

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