Ha yeah sorry perhaps i was going a bit too quickly.
A passive X-over filters a signal that is sent from the Amplifier and before the speaker. This will have 3 channels, 1. Input 2. Tweeter output 3. Mid Woofer Output.
For this you have no need to use the filters on the amp/hu so you will just run them with all settings off and send a full range signal to the X-over. The X-over then has An LPF (Low Pass Filter) for the woofers so it wont let any signal past/attenuate say 4khz through. Then a HPF (High Pass Filter) for the tweeter where it will cut off any signal below 4khz.
This is all well and good but it just splits the given power in half and thats the end of it. But obviously you Mid Woofer is likely to be able to take much much more power than your tweeter. So it becomes necessary to run the Mid and the tweeter off of different powers to get a better match.
So an Active filter works before the amplification of the sound so the amp unit can only send a certain frequency range therefore can only output the same freq hz. Things like the DLS and Genny amps have the correct ones built in but this can also be done from external line drivers or even from the HU.
I didnt say you need but i would advice that for a good sound that you use 200w x2 from the amp. So 200w Each side, but that is a matter of opinion. As i said i am using 200w RMS on a passive 2 way set up and it sounds pretty damn good hence why i would advice somebody else to do the same, but your taste may be completely different to mine.
A 5 channel amp like my A7 will run your Mid and tweeters all on their own channel and then you will have one spare channel for a sub so you dont have to have 2 amps taking up space.
Ah i am confusing you with the Mid range and Mid bass. I am going to be doing a 3 way front end so rather than Just having 6.5" Mid woofers and 1" Tweeters i am adding a set of 2.5" mid range that arent woofers as they are not designed to play the same frequency range as Mid bass (under 400 hz) and tweeters.
So they are going to be basically used to bridge the gap that the Mid woofers miss at the Higher end of their spectrum and the Tweeters miss at the lower end of their spectrum.
I hope this helps i am expecting you t hit the thanks button for that essay lol.
passive and active x-overs
