Active crossovers


Hey all. I'm currently working on an active 3 way system and wondering if and what options are available. The plan is a tri-amped configuration with a Behringer crossover but my question is whether there is such a thing as an electronic crossover that does not require multiple amps. Finding or designing a suitable passive crossover is far beyond my means and in my humble opinion they are a dinosaur anyway. I have three amps ready to go but having the option of just one would be the ultimate versatility. Thoughts? Thank you.
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With a line-level xover you will always need an amp on each channel. More specifically, you need amp inputs on each channel. I say that because a multi-channel amp would only work if it also had independent inputs on each channel.

I use 2440's, EV15b mid-bass, and JBL 2240Hs for bass. Tweets are fostex t500amkii's. I used a different approach. No digital crossovers or amps though. Two, Marchand analog xovers, a couple of ~70 watt PP, and a 500watt SS amp. The tweets run with a simple cap off of one of the PP amps.

I am a little confused by your question regarding the resistor. You say these are bias pots (?) but I've not heard of stepped biasing. Are these stepped attenuators?