Want to buy 2 way electronic xover for home audio

old_school_rules · 1st March 2012, 08:08 AM

I'm new to bi-amping with home audio so I don't know which brands are best vs best bang for the buck vs crap. I know there are several brands I've seen on ebay that I recognize but several of the crossovers I see do way more than I need. I just need a basic 2 way crossover in the 12db slope range around 200Hz to maybe 800Hz to dial in what I want to do. I've done several car installs with active crossovers so I'm not totally green. Even if you don't have anything for sale a jab in the right direction is appreciated

BTW I know I'm kinda new on here but if there's any question of my trading rep you can search CACO, RC Groups or DIYMA for ghostmechanic or ebay for fcastevecars & those are me. Not sure why I didn't just use ghostmechanic on here... oh yeah there weren't enough spaces & I couldn't figure out a way for to not look stupid

sideways · 1st March 2012, 11:28 AM

Best bang for your buck...miniDSP!!

Second in line Behringer DCX2496...

Ran both before I went DEQX

beeah · 1st March 2012, 12:46 PM

Wrong forum (this is the "for sale" area), but check out Marchand Electronics in Rochester, NY.

old_school_rules · 2nd March 2012, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beeah

Wrong forum (this is the "for sale" area), but check out Marchand Electronics in Rochester, NY.

Oops I apologize guys. What a noob mistake lol.

None the less thanks for the advice. I'll do some looking at your suggestions.

puppet · 3rd March 2012, 08:17 PM

Rane MX22
Discontinued Products
Scroll down to the listing on that page and look it over.

For just starting out .. you could do a lot worse. If you need Time Delay check out their AC22. See these both on ebay quite often ... $50 or less will get you an MX22.

djn · 3rd March 2012, 08:30 PM

I've been bi and tri amping for years and have had all the mentioned active crossover then some. I now swear by the MiniDSP.

qusp · 4th March 2012, 03:38 AM

if you can justify the complexity and expense, fully software based XO solutions like allocator have my vote because these will not only do frequency based, but phase and full convolver based room and driver distortion correction. you need a decent modern pc, multichannel soundcard or dac and an amp channel per driver

1st March 2012, 08:08 AM	#1
old_school_rules diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2009	Want to buy 2 way electronic xover for home audio I'm new to bi-amping with home audio so I don't know which brands are best vs best bang for the buck vs crap. I know there are several brands I've seen on ebay that I recognize but several of the crossovers I see do way more than I need. I just need a basic 2 way crossover in the 12db slope range around 200Hz to maybe 800Hz to dial in what I want to do. I've done several car installs with active crossovers so I'm not totally green. Even if you don't have anything for sale a jab in the right direction is appreciated BTW I know I'm kinda new on here but if there's any question of my trading rep you can search CACO, RC Groups or DIYMA for ghostmechanic or ebay for fcastevecars & those are me. Not sure why I didn't just use ghostmechanic on here... oh yeah there weren't enough spaces & I couldn't figure out a way for to not look stupid

3rd March 2012, 08:30 PM	#6
djn diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Waterford Michigan	I've been bi and tri amping for years and have had all the mentioned active crossover then some. I now swear by the MiniDSP. __________________ My "Art" website http://home.comcast.net/~djnagle/site/

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1st March 2012, 11:28 AM	#2
sideways diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: S'toon	Best bang for your buck...miniDSP!! Second in line Behringer DCX2496... Ran both before I went DEQX

1st March 2012, 12:46 PM	#3
beeah diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Upstate NY	Wrong forum (this is the "for sale" area), but check out Marchand Electronics in Rochester, NY.

3rd March 2012, 08:17 PM	#5
puppet diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: The Dells, WI	Rane MX22 Discontinued Products Scroll down to the listing on that page and look it over. For just starting out .. you could do a lot worse. If you need Time Delay check out their AC22. See these both on ebay quite often ... $50 or less will get you an MX22.

4th March 2012, 03:38 AM	#7
qusp is choosing a less facetious title... diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia	if you can justify the complexity and expense, fully software based XO solutions like allocator have my vote because these will not only do frequency based, but phase and full convolver based room and driver distortion correction. you need a decent modern pc, multichannel soundcard or dac and an amp channel per driver