Very interested in your setup, was thinking about a 900/5 as well and biamping my fronts (jl zr650's). I completely think you're right about passive's reducing power and damping factor by adding inductance. I don't know about just running the mid's with no low pass at all on them though, it seems the higher frequencies going to the midbass driver would negatively impact sound quality and driver performance? no?
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Originally Posted by 2fast4thelaw
I dont filter anything through the head except for the rear speakers that run off the deck. They are at 160Hz @24/db which is as high as it will go.
I am running all active x-over through the amp except for the tweets. JL Amp wont filter that high so the x-over is turned off on those 2 channels and I run the passive focal x-overs for just the tweets.
The mids are x-ed at 60Hz@24/db from the amp and thats it, they roll the highs off naturally on thier own.
The Sub is x-ed at 60Hz@12/db from the amp.
Passive x-overs eat a lot of power by introducing too much inductance. You get much, much better damping factor by using active x-overs. Its most noticible in the bass region.
For Gray Bullet, the 900/5 would be a bit overkill. The 600/4 would be perfect power outputwise but you loose the option to bi-amp your fronts unless you get another amp.
I originally was going to go with the JL C5's and the 600/4 HD but the C5's didnt suit my tastes and the TW5 would have needed a little more power.
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