Running active what is it?

[Rockford96]

Im relatively new ti car audip been researching and stuff for about 2 years but have only done 1 real install and 2 just sub and amp but my question is what is running active? On like tweets and what not im just tryin to understand what it means/does thank you guys in advance.

I prob wont be on again until late tonight so i wont be able to reply but thanks for helpin me out

[tacomaguy1]

component sets will come with a crossover, the mid and tweeter connect to the crossover then connect to the amp

with running active you wouldn't use the crossover that came in the set and hook up the mids and tweeters directly to the amp. Then you would use either the headunit, amp, or some sort of processor to set the crossover points for the mids and tweeters individually

[BEEMDUB]

http://sound.westhost.com/biamp-vs-passive.htm

[MrSkippyJ]

Technically speaking, active vs. passive refers to anything having its own power supply vs. using power from something else.

Active crossovers have their own power, and allow you to control the crossover before the signal is amplified.

Passive crossovers use power from the output of the amp and you have no control over the signal before amplification.

[Rockford96]

Ok thank you guys that makes 1000X more sense ive been wondering that for a while now just never seen anywhere on here that explained it thanks again guys