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Oct 26, 2009 | 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by hellspare,Oct 26 2009, 03:26 PM

Are you referring to using crossover(s) and not? I thought each channel on the amp is for 1 speaker. So if you had a 2 channel amp it would be hooked up to 2 speakers, 1 for each channel.

In an Active system, yes. This is how it is wired.

In a Passive system, a 2 channel amp is used (or a 4 channel amp bridged to perform as a 2 channel amp). Each channel is wired into a passive crossover (that box of components that comes with your set). Each passive crossover feeds both a woofer and a tweeter (this is where crosstalk and the inability of the amp to properly dampen each speaker comes in).