The difference in benefit between passive and active crossover isn't control, it's about audio quality. By separating the freqs and sending them to separate amps, each amp can carry their own load, creating less distortion. If one amp is carrying a heavy low freq load, there will be more distortion on the high freqs. You can still control the levels of the high and low freqs, but the highs will be more distorted. With active crossover, less distortion, cleaner audio.
ye u can and u should... u can use filters in your system if u have them or u can turn off all filters and use active xover... sound source ---> xover ----> sub and mid/hi range amped drivers
i have two qsc hrpi 3 way powered speakers and 1 b52 18 inch active sub...also powered...along with my JBL Eon G3 515 powered...so my whole system is powered...my question is can u use a crossover with a self amped system...and yes i already have a cross over but dont know how to use it well
Guys... Having a crossover has made my audio experience go from 4/10 to 8/10. You do NOT need a big system. The reason why I bought my crossover is so that I can independently control the bass level of my towers. If I turn down the bass on my towers it takes a huge load off the towers, leaving the mids/highs. This is GREAT because I can unleash my party piece (4 12 inch subs) that will BLAST the bass. However the highs from my towers will be able to keep up with it. Check my vids for example.
and is this passive or active xover?actually i want to low med how can i set up that for ex. i have low,medhigh and high and i want to usefor low med?how can i connect that?
a dud how many cables im going to need i got two peavy 2 15 inch 2 way with a 1600x2 amp main speakers two jbl monitors and 2 18'inch sub with a 2300 watts amp i got a makie mixer with a prosecor and a equalizer and it sounds great but i got this dbx crossover just laying around and i dont no wat to do with it
this is for when your dealing with serious sound in a serious space? so tell me, you have 2 passive speakers a passive sub and amps to power both... what happens when you feed a 1000 watt sub a full range signal? crazyness...
It reverses the polarity of the subs so when you have the speakers in a shitty placement you hit that switch and it should improve the way they react with one another. It stops phase cancellation.
Yes hes talking about phase invert, I have the dbx 223xs which is just a newer model as the one hes is using , there is a seperate button on the front console, one to reverse the polarity on the low output, one button for the mid output and one button for the high output. Each also has its own Green LED light when the button is pushed in and the polarity reversed.
the problem with this video is it doesn't clarify anything. Don't make a video if you can't explain something properly. Reading what's written on the faceplates is not useful to anyone but a blind person. For example, when you say "sum in the sub" it sounds like you are talking about inputs. Later. you mention that the same signal is "out to the sub." Is it "in" or is it "out"? I'm sure it seems obvious to you, but not to the unitiated, which is really the whole purpose of an instructional video. You don't need to explain anything to someone like you who already knows everything. Here's another bit you don't explain -- when you refer to "summing" to the sub what exactly is being summed in your video? There appears to be only one input. If one of the jacks becomes a second input in "summed" mode, don't you think that's necessary information to understand what the Hell is going on?
you probably dont care at all but does someone know a trick to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my password. I would love any tips you can give me!
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First off, this really wasn't a demo of the dbx 223 crossover. In fact, I could barely hear the dirst few changes he made, and the crossover was only really displayed for about a quarter of this video. Plus, you don't use this for just only big sound systems. If you have an unpowered sub, and cabs, you'd probably want to use one to separate the highs/mids and lows. However, this was an informative video that I did very much like. I also am educated about sodium as well...
yea this sucks for some one that does not know about cross over points. It is kind of setting them up for failure if your telling them to just turn the knobs until it sounds good.. this setup does not make a lot of sense as well? why would you use a cross over and then run it into a powered mixer? P.S do not ever let a DJ touch your audio equipment!! they blow subs all the time, because they don't under stand what a cross over is doing!!! "hmm.. low knob.. that needs to get turned up!" idiots..
Very good explanation.
The difference in benefit between passive and active crossover isn't control, it's about audio quality. By separating the freqs and sending them to separate amps, each amp can carry their own load, creating less distortion. If one amp is carrying a heavy low freq load, there will be more distortion on the high freqs. You can still control the levels of the high and low freqs, but the highs will be more distorted. With active crossover, less distortion, cleaner audio.
ye u can and u should... u can use filters in your system if u have them or u can turn off all filters and use active xover... sound source ---> xover ----> sub and mid/hi range amped drivers
What's with the powered mixer? You can't even use those two items together unless the mixer has stereo lines out.
i have two qsc hrpi 3 way powered speakers and 1 b52 18 inch active sub...also powered...along with my JBL Eon G3 515 powered...so my whole system is powered...my question is can u use a crossover with a self amped system...and yes i already have a cross over but dont know how to use it well
Lol, where and how did you run all of the connection? 🤔
Guys... Having a crossover has made my audio experience go from 4/10 to 8/10. You do NOT need a big system. The reason why I bought my crossover is so that I can independently control the bass level of my towers. If I turn down the bass on my towers it takes a huge load off the towers, leaving the mids/highs. This is GREAT because I can unleash my party piece (4 12 inch subs) that will BLAST the bass. However the highs from my towers will be able to keep up with it.
Check my vids for example.
what model of dbx xover that i can use to 2 way stereo 3 way mono?
and is this passive or active xover?actually i want to low med how can i set up that for ex. i have low,medhigh and high and i want to usefor low med?how can i connect that?
a dud how many cables im going to need i got two peavy 2 15 inch 2 way with a 1600x2 amp main speakers two jbl monitors and 2 18'inch sub with a 2300 watts amp i got a makie mixer with a prosecor and a equalizer and it sounds great but i got this dbx crossover just laying around and i dont no wat to do with it
Hello sir Can we use crossover in home music studio what is the benifit.
Yes
this is for when your dealing with serious sound in a serious space? so tell me, you have 2 passive speakers a passive sub and amps to power both... what happens when you feed a 1000 watt sub a full range signal? crazyness...
i have dbx 234xl ..what does the phase invert do? and x10? thanks
It reverses the polarity of the subs so when you have the speakers in a shitty placement you hit that switch and it should improve the way they react with one another. It stops phase cancellation.
I hate video's where i zap across the whole video without hearing one fragment of sound :(
thank you very much..i shall experiment with the parameters...but fuck ima need a lot more XLR cables lol
when he says, "invert" does he mean phase invert?
Yes hes talking about phase invert, I have the dbx 223xs which is just a newer model as the one hes is using , there is a seperate button on the front console, one to reverse the polarity on the low output, one button for the mid output and one button for the high output. Each also has its own Green LED light when the button is pushed in and the polarity reversed.
Ps you only need 2 amps for the cross over, one for each channel thats it...
the problem with this video is it doesn't clarify anything. Don't make a video if you can't explain something properly. Reading what's written on the faceplates is not useful to anyone but a blind person. For example, when you say "sum in the sub" it sounds like you are talking about inputs. Later. you mention that the same signal is "out to the sub." Is it "in" or is it "out"? I'm sure it seems obvious to you, but not to the unitiated, which is really the whole purpose of an instructional video. You don't need to explain anything to someone like you who already knows everything. Here's another bit you don't explain -- when you refer to "summing" to the sub what exactly is being summed in your video? There appears to be only one input. If one of the jacks becomes a second input in "summed" mode, don't you think that's necessary information to understand what the Hell is going on?
you probably dont care at all but does someone know a trick to get back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot my password. I would love any tips you can give me!
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@Brady Jericho i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Brady Jericho It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thanks so much, you saved my ass !
@Noe Jalen You are welcome xD
First off, this really wasn't a demo of the dbx 223 crossover. In fact, I could barely hear the dirst few changes he made, and the crossover was only really displayed for about a quarter of this video. Plus, you don't use this for just only big sound systems. If you have an unpowered sub, and cabs, you'd probably want to use one to separate the highs/mids and lows. However, this was an informative video that I did very much like. I also am educated about sodium as well...
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Useless demo video, you did not talk at all about the crossover frequency, that is the most important part of the item you are describing.
yea this sucks for some one that does not know about cross over points. It is kind of setting them up for failure if your telling them to just turn the knobs until it sounds good.. this setup does not make a lot of sense as well? why would you use a cross over and then run it into a powered mixer? P.S do not ever let a DJ touch your audio equipment!! they blow subs all the time, because they don't under stand what a cross over is doing!!! "hmm.. low knob.. that needs to get turned up!" idiots..
My 40 hz button does not stay down.
Hammer a nail or a deck screw into it and break it off. It'll stay.
He doesn't even review the unit...
He talk like Redmist
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