31-01-2019, 11:23 PM
Hi Mark
Those 4 inch speakers gave a remarkable good account of themselves with the Z30 wound up to as full as possible before the distortion became too bad.
Thanks for the further information but I would like to complete the project with the Sinclair amp as a tribute to part of my past..
This was the sort of advert which got my imagination going when I was a young lad.
http://www.saturn-sound.com/images%20-%2...'%2069.jpg
"The definition of an active speaker is simple: the crossover is implemented at line level, and there is a power amplifier for each of the frequency bands following on from this. A single power amp is a powered speaker. Yes, I (accidentally-on-purpose) made that mistake when I titled the article linked to above. I'll probably correct it in due course."
That is what I call "bi amp" or tri amp.
I came across active crossover units when I was working in the theatre as a Chief LX. It would split the audio into separate bands to be amplified by different amps feeding their own speakers. But they were not known as "active Speakers" It was the xover that was the active part, not the speakers.
I go along with the What HiFi definition.
Mike
Those 4 inch speakers gave a remarkable good account of themselves with the Z30 wound up to as full as possible before the distortion became too bad.
Thanks for the further information but I would like to complete the project with the Sinclair amp as a tribute to part of my past..
This was the sort of advert which got my imagination going when I was a young lad.
http://www.saturn-sound.com/images%20-%2...'%2069.jpg
"The definition of an active speaker is simple: the crossover is implemented at line level, and there is a power amplifier for each of the frequency bands following on from this. A single power amp is a powered speaker. Yes, I (accidentally-on-purpose) made that mistake when I titled the article linked to above. I'll probably correct it in due course."
That is what I call "bi amp" or tri amp.
I came across active crossover units when I was working in the theatre as a Chief LX. It would split the audio into separate bands to be amplified by different amps feeding their own speakers. But they were not known as "active Speakers" It was the xover that was the active part, not the speakers.
I go along with the What HiFi definition.
Mike
