Hey Brian - What's Up With Crossovers?

This is a very basic tutorial on crossovers. I'm no expert but I hope this video answeres a few questions out there. Enjoy!
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[Soundtrackzz]

do you have to have two amps to use a crossover? i guess what im really asking is if your only going to use one sub do you need a second amp or a crossover to make it work without blowing up your shit.

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[briansredd]

Well, for subs, you need to do a high pass filter of probably 120 to 90 khz to get pure bass out of your sub. You should have some other audio source to play the music 120-90 khz and above. Otherwise, all you'll hear is BOOM!

[vicemanz3]

mate what u say are Filter Active and Passive, Crossover make audio resonnance and if u are a mobile dj u need to have an crossover to create a good sound on the bass ;)Every hall need a new setup ;) So a crossover it`s like an EQ with many many bands ... 1 band for every frequence :)

[briansredd]

You should remember this is JUST an introduction to what crossovers are and what they do. I haven't gotten into specific settings in any of my videos yet. If you have a video with more detail, I welcome you to use it as a video response to this video.

[deejaybrianb]

There are also some people who are using the XTI amps with build in crossovers. They limit all the mids and highs to their subs which is good, but they fail to realize they would need either a crossover box or second xti to limit the lows from their mains. After all this, they get subs and complain their mains are still clipping and theres an awful sound in the bass.

Good vid brian

[briansredd]

Yeah the XTi and iTech amps from Crown offer this and that's fine as long as you are running these amps in pairs or sets of 3. This is a relm I haven't gotten into yet. Still waiting for them to be time tested by others and maybe a second edition. Once the bugs are worked out, that MAY be a nice route to go

[threazx]

nice video. Much appreciated

[djspeeddemon]

Thanks for the basic explanation on crossovers, Brian. Much appreciated

[DjBlackEaglesound]

Thanks good video!!!!!

[svtcontour]

I'm using a vintage product from Audiocontrol as my 2 way electronic crossover. Its called the Phase Coupled Activator. Its basically a bass restoration thing and a 2 way crossover in one. I'm only using the crossover portion.

[mike478911]

Thanks for the Intro into Active and Passive Crossovers

[dapaisa69]

what does it mean when u have a 2 way stereo and a 3 way mono crossover?

[JoseCruz831]

What is your email brian?

[kentonfos]

@briansredd you mean Hz not kHz? right?

[MrPulamea]

could anyone give me a parts list and a chart for a 3 way crossover ? . Bass : 125w 35-3000 HZ mid 45-4000HZ 60w high - 2500 - 20000 30w. please help , it's a speaker project that i've been working on for a looong time and this is the last big obstacle ...

[ljmike1204]

well i have a 2-way stereo 3-way mono x-over from behringer and its simpel as hell you got 2 gain 2 nobly things to set youre hz range for the mid low than you have youre mid low volume youre mid high volume and in the center you have youre sub output you have youre mute butens on the output and yourepolerety switch and a low cut switch next to youre gain its a cheap but verry easy thing to run