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"with an actively-crossed speaker system, one can use lower power amps" ...

You only just figured this out, Doug????

If you need some more education about the advantages of active XOs, can I suggest you peruse this site:
http://sound.westhost.com/articles.htm

(Articles 2 & 3.)

For my active 3-way (true-ribbon) Maggies, I have (into 4 ohms):
* 200w on the bass panels
* 100w on the mids, and
* 50w on the ribbons.

Whereas this sums simply to 350wpc ... because I am actively tri-amping, I have on tap the equivalent of 700wpc in a passive setup. And, because each amp module is directly connected to its driver (with no series inductors "in the way"), I get an additional benefit in terms of driver control. :-))

Regards,

Andy


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