Passive crossover q&a

[Drock]

I want to use the ti crossover with the elite.4 Amp, and two sets of ti6 components. If I wire it this way what impedance will the amp see? And would this affect the crossover? I would like to see a 2 ohm load.
Reason for this is my old ti setup had two 4 Chanel amps, but the new elite amps are just to large to fit three amps in the cab. So I am trying to make it work with one .1 and one .4

[ttocs]

seems like a lot of people pulling these out of the closet again. Will it effect the Ti x-over? No other then it will not receive a full-range signal, and will see less power since passives eat up power and you are doing it 2x.

[Drock]

Why would it not see a full range? And does the crossover make the load 4 ohm no matter what? Or will it drop to 2ohm for the amp? I would go active but I just don't have enough channels.

[ttocs]

man reading this now I could have swore you were asking something else earlier....

Ok, ignore everything I said, all of it.

Are you wanting to run the .4 in 2 channel, or 4 channel mode?

[Eric D]

If you are asking about running two sets of mids off one passive crossover, then no, you cannot do that. The 2 ohm load would change the crossover point of the system, its components are tuned to a 4 ohm load.

[Drock]

Thanks Eric, so if I were to use two ti crossovers and wire parallel to the amp, the amp should then see a 2 ohm load and the crossovers will see a 4 ohm load from the comps. Is this right?

Scott, yes I will running all four chanells. Fronts and rears. The fronts I would like to see a 2 ohm load as there is two sets of ti6 comps. And the rears will be 2ohm running two sets of ti5's.
Hope this makes sence.
I'm having to get really creative to fit all this gear in. Lol

[ttocs]

yes if you wire two x-overs, with two paires of speakers in parallel it should be ok then.

[Drock]

What about going the active route? Are most of you guys using the crossovers? Or running active? I do have a couple mx3i and a ax406a. I would love to use my eq125ix and eq232 but there simply is nowhere to put them.

[ttocs]

I am going active on my old Ti Elite 3-ways but for one reason and one reason only - I bought that bad-ass one-off rane/pg 3 way electronic cross over that use to be in the bmw show car years ago. If it were not for that I would have no problems using the included cross over and adjusting the signal other ways if needed. They spend a lot of time matching the cross over too the speakers and I would be fine for them if it were not for the one-off piece.