Crossover Question

[billross77]

My amp came with high pass and low pass filters, but is very limited on the frequency restrictions. My alternative is to buy a crossover like this to limit the frequency range of my mids. Once I set the crossover up, then connect it to the amp, do I just turn the high pass filters off on the amp, and turn them to full pass, then let the crossover do all the work?

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[mumbles]

My amp came with high pass and low pass filters, but is very limited on the frequency restrictions. My alternative is to buy a crossover like this to limit the frequency range of my mids. Once I set the crossover up, then connect it to the amp, do I just turn the high pass filters off on the amp, and turn them to full pass, then let the crossover do all the work?

Yep, that would work...

 

[billross77]

Sweet. With all the highs going through the mids, its shifting the sound to the rear. I think by cutting it off at 600 it would be good.

 

[Mid_life_crisis]

If you want the cutoff extra sharp, leave the high pass filter on the amp turned on.

 

[Racemaster]

That unit seems too cheap to be of any quality.Just my observation,I could be wrong.It may add more noise than do you any good.Check out
http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/cross.asp. You can make your own.All it needs is a coil choke wired into the positive lead.They have calculators on that site to figure what frequency you want to cross at.

Just my 2 cents

 

[vnzbd]

I agree that the Boss is certainly not a top brand but the selection of decent ones may have gotten slim since most amps do have one built in now. I believe JL has a 6 ch with a band pass option. I also would be hesitant to go with just a passive coil as they are power hungry.

 

[Racemaster]

I am running the jl audio xd 600/6 and have played around with the slopes.Yes a passive coil is abit power hungry,but the system sounds better running wide open with the crossover at the speaker ,not by limiting the signal feeding it.

Just my 2 cents....ymmv

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