Phil Leigh;169682 Wrote: > Well, you may be right but the problem is that I can't compare eggs with > eggs here since it is very difficult/expensive to implement accurate and > well behaved 36db/octave slopes passively - and I believe that it is the > amplifiers struggle to drive a varying impedance of the passive > x-over/speaker combo that gives rise to phase distortion issues. >
I guess non-linearities in the amp could introduce extra phase distortions in addition to harmonic distortion. But I think I'm correct in my statement, which is that the active (analogue) crossover itself, when it splits the signal into woofer/mid/tweeter or whatever, will introduce large phase shifts. > > Whatever the reason, I find it hard to contemplate going back to > speakers with conventional crossovers - they all seem a bit "confused" > (not a good word but the best I can do) to me. > Have you ever tried an active setup? I'd be interested in your opinion. > Phil I've heard and played with such systems briefly, but I've never tried one at home. I'm going to audition some in the spring; I'll report back after I do. In particular I'm intrigued by the Linkwitz (with analogue crossovers) and by this one, with digital: http://www.nomad-audio.com/ronin_1_0d.htm -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31590 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
