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[Big_Valven]

 muzzy66, on 18 November 2011 - 05:55 PM, said:

Depends on whether you want a crosover that works well, or just one that works. Given the type of gear you are using I'm assuming you'd want oen that works well, in which case I wouildn't recommend a custom passive unless you really know what you're doing, or you know someone (such as a local installer or audio engineer) who really knows what they're doing. Somebody who can actually measure the TS specs at the very least (since I don't think Crescendo provides all the ones you need) and who can then use those to design a proper crossover.

This still rings very true. If simplicity is the aim a passive crossover will do the job; ask yourself what you're trying to achieve though because if you just want another speaker in your door and your system won't support it properly, is it going to make things better or worse?

[Pulse-R]

by the time I went from 2-way to 3-way, I knew that's what I needed to do.

It's really a big step, and doubles the complexity of any problems in the system (2x the crossover points to calculate).

The biggest disadvantage of a custom passive - if you want to change it, it's a complete rework.