Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:51 am
I think a better way to explain it would be your passive x-over splits the freqs, not the power. Both the mid and tweet have 125 watts going to them. Now if your x-over had 2 conections for mids, and one for tweeters, then the mids would see 1/2 of the 125 each (they are playing the same freqs) and the tweeter would see 125 (its playing diffrent freqs)
Now for biamping (with the factory x-over). Yes it can help a system, but it will not make it louder. It will let you fine tune your time delays, and give you a little more control over output (say your tweets are two loud and you need to tune them down more). The down side, you really need two matched amps, or a pretty big 4 chanel to do it right.
Active on the other hand, is a whole diffrent beast. It gives you the same control as biamping, and (depending on your processor) can have more control over your x-over points. The down side is all the extra stuff you need to do it, and the knowledge to properly tune everything. You really need to know the speakers your using, and what their limits are. Its really easy to set a tweeters x-over to low, or just get everything out of wack and kill your sound stage.
Now for biamping (with the factory x-over). Yes it can help a system, but it will not make it louder. It will let you fine tune your time delays, and give you a little more control over output (say your tweets are two loud and you need to tune them down more). The down side, you really need two matched amps, or a pretty big 4 chanel to do it right.
Active on the other hand, is a whole diffrent beast. It gives you the same control as biamping, and (depending on your processor) can have more control over your x-over points. The down side is all the extra stuff you need to do it, and the knowledge to properly tune everything. You really need to know the speakers your using, and what their limits are. Its really easy to set a tweeters x-over to low, or just get everything out of wack and kill your sound stage.