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Sorry about all the questions, but what would the best bang for the buck active crossover be for my system? Does anyone have any recomendations for 4 channel amps in the 150-200 dollar range to power this setup?
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Originally posted by slvr98svt:
Sorry about all the questions, but what would the best bang for the buck active crossover be for my system? Does anyone have any recomendations for 4 channel amps in the 150-200 dollar range to power this setup?
Thanks,
-Matt
What I'd buy:
EQ - Audiocontrol 2XS (or equivalent) - eBay used < $50
4ch Amp - Lanzar OPTI200X4 - www.audioblowouts.com - $235
It's tough to find a good 4ch amp to put out a true 100+ watts into a 4ohm load in the < $200 range without going into the used market.
I too have the 7" Vifa PL's which are only getting maybe 80w, and they do seem a bit underpowered at that point. I'd love to hear them with 150w pushing them.
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That Pacific Gold amp you listed is actually a very good amplifier.
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Im talking about a Phoenix Gold amp. Thanks for the input guys.
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Originally posted by slvr98svt:
Path914, what kind of amp are you using? How much does Madi usually charge for some custom xover's? The tweeters say they can only handle 50w RMS so I didnt want to put to much power to them, I figured they could handle the 80w that the PG would put out.
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I am using an Eclipse amp, model 3422 I believe. It puts out 150w x 2, with each channel going to a crossover, then split to the components. IIRC, Madisound charged a $30 design fee and $30 per crossover, so around $90 total. Not cheap, but at the time I knew absolutely nothing about crossovers and I wanted something designed specificaly to the speakers I had. You only need a 2 channel amp if you are going to use a passive x-over, so the tweets won't be getting the same amount of watts as the mids, so 100w-125w per side should be fine.
I have never used an active x-over, so I no suggestions regarding that.
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finding an amp for less than 200 that has internal xovers that will handle the mids and tweets will be tough. i had a ppi crossover and the kec crossover and sold them both. i wanted to cut down on the equipment to install. so i got ppi pcx amps. one for sub and the other (4channel) to run my mids and tweets in the front. the ppi has a good xover that lets u bandpass with enough range to cross the tweets properly. i dont see too many amps that do this. diamond does but i cant afford them. most just offer limited hi/lopass xovers.
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