passive vs. electronic passover


Read an interesting article on Bi Amping. It was stating that you should disconnect your passive crossovers to properly Bi-Amp, so you would need to hook up electronic crossovers! http://sound.westhost.com/bi-amp.htm#common-question
Any comments?
chiroman

Showing 1 response by koho

Don't active crossovers screw up the time and phase alignment of the drivers? I'm not experienced in this area, but there seems to be a cadre of time-coherent devotees that warn of anything but a "slow" crossover. With minimal listening I do see some benefit to what they're saying (e.g., with Vandersteen's and the like), but have not listened to any "active" speakers. Anyone here care to comment or educate, especially someone familiar with both approaches?