Barry James @ Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:09 am wrote:
I'm looking to buy a stereo passive crossover to seperate a pair of EV 18" bass bins from a pair of RCF Evente 3000 tops (15s & Horns).
Any recommendations 'cos I can't make any sense out of it!
You aren't going to get a satisfactory result with a passive crossover for a sub/satellite division. You really need to get a 2 way active unit & a 2nd amp - 1 for the subs & 1 for the mains - to make any kind of real impact.
What make/model amp are you running now? Which models EV. The little info I could find on the RCF speakers looks like that they would need a 300 watt per channel into 8 ohms amp to run them efficiently & lowest risk of blowing them - under powered amps will kill a speaker faster than an amp that pushes more.
If you can't swing a 2nd amp at this time, you could run your system mono (which actually recommended in most clubs anyway) & use the one amp, 1 channel for both of the RCF & the other channel for both EV's going through an active crossover - granted this is a very temporary fix & provided the amp has enough power to push the speakers.
I strongly recommend the dbx 223XL crossover for that set-up. The amp recommendation for the subs - again not knowing the model, going to assume they are going to need an amp that pushes close to 600 watts per channel into 8 ohms.