Someone please explain ...

[Stephan 0]

What is mean't by an active setup? A crossover built into the head unit?

And Infinite baffle?

Thanks in advance

[aznboi3644 2]

have you tried searching??

[stealth 113]

active setup is when you wire your mids and highs directly to a good 4 channel amp that has the filters youd need to crossover at 2k +. so this means no passive crossovers. just using eq and filters off of the deck and amp. you must have a good 4 channel for instance the sundown 100.4 is very active friendly.

[Stephan 0]

have you tried searching??

Yes I did, and found only many references of people doing both IB and Active setups... There is nothing explaining exactly what it is any where that i've sene through my multiple searches

[Stephan 0]

active setup is when you wire your mids and highs directly to a good 4 channel amp that has the filters youd need to crossover at 2k +. so this means no passive crossovers. just using eq and filters off of the deck and amp. you must have a good 4 channel for instance the sundown 100.4 is very active friendly.

Thank you!

Do you really need a 4 channel amp to accomplish this?

[stealth 113]

well dpeending on what you are trying to power. you could easily mess up going active and blow a tweeter up in 2 seconds fyi. but usually 1st channel-left tweeter 2nd channel-right tweeter 3rd- left driver 4th-right driver.

[Stephan 0]

Understood. Thank you again for explaining that.

[stealth 113]

tweetss must be crossed off at at least 2khrz....

[helotaxi 46]

Tweet crossover point depends on the tweeter. There are some that can handle a lower point than 2k.

IB is infinite baffle. By definition this is mounting a driver on a baffle without a true enclosure behind it. In a true IB setup, the Q of the system is the same as the Qts of the driver. The amount of space required for that is dependent on the driver in question.

[JimJ 11]

active setup is when you wire your mids and highs directly to a good 4 channel amp that has the filters youd need to crossover at 2k +. so this means no passive crossovers. just using eq and filters off of the deck and amp. you must have a good 4 channel for instance the sundown 100.4 is very active friendly.

Thank you!

Do you really need a 4 channel amp to accomplish this?

For a 2-way active setup, you need four channels of amplification (one for each driver being used) - whether or not that's from a single 4 channel amp or two 2-channels, doesn't really matter. For a 3-way active setup, you'd need six channels of amplification - again, the number of amps isn't important as long as you have all the channels you need