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Old 12-13-2006, 04:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
Should I go Active?
castor troy
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So most of the pieces of my system have finally arrived (sub to come later when I can afford it) and I'm ready to tackle the install. I've got a few friends who've had experience coming over, but I'm curious as to which way you guys think I should go with this setup... active or passive. Here's what I've got:

HU: Pioneer P880PRS
Components: CDT Audio ES620 Eurosports
Amp: Soundstream Van Gogh VGA 800.5

Originally what I was thinking was that I'd bridge the amp to get 2 x 200W RMS to the two components, and use the CDT crossovers, and when I get my sub I'll have ~400W RMS for the sub channel. I'd leave the P880PRS in 'standard mode'.

After doing some reading on potential setups though, I've started seeing that I may be able to run an active setup with the P880PRS. In this case, I wouldn't bridge the amp and I'd get 4 x 50W RMS to the components and 200W for the sub channel. I'm a little bit worried that this isn't enough power to these components though as I've heard they're very power hungry. What do you guys think?
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