Colonel7
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I've been working on putting together a design for a DIY 5.2-4 (2 to 4 subs) system. I'm still considering whether to use active crossovers for the speakers or go with my original plan which was to do typical passive crossover design. Of late the active idea hooked me after seeing others do it for 3-way speaker designs. I've been reading manuals for solutions like a MiniDSP 10x10, which I thought was promising but now I'm not so sure. Is there a way to connect it and utilize the AVR amps for the 5 speakers? The manuals have it as Pre/Pro >> MiniDSP >> then separate amps. Since my room design and space has a maximum of 5 channels for LCR and surrounds, I'm not interested in shelling out a bunch of $ for a higher level AVR with pre-outs and 7+ channels of unused amps, otherwise I'd just scrap the fully active idea and may as well use AudysseyXT32 or somesuch and a MiniDSP 2x4 HD as an add-on (and go with passive crossovers for the speakers). In an ideal world I'd have fully active system and use a 5.2 AVR with a separate multichannel amp for subs. Backup is a 5.2 AVR with passive speakers and multichannel amp for subs using the 2x4 HD.
Is there something I'm missing or is the 10x10 a deadend? I've looked at a bunch of forums and haven't seen anyone with a fully active crossover setup for all the drivers. Thanks!
Is there something I'm missing or is the 10x10 a deadend? I've looked at a bunch of forums and haven't seen anyone with a fully active crossover setup for all the drivers. Thanks!
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