).I've been trying to read specs and whatnot on Mackie's site, but their stupidly casual writing tone must be way to hip and edgy for me, because it's doing nothing but frustrating and confusing me.. Anyway, what I've been able to decipher so far is that the tops have a range of 38Hz - 20kHz (-10dB), but optimal response is between 50Hz - 18kHz (-3dB), and the sub has a range of 35Hz - 120Hz (-10dB) with best response between 45Hz - 120Hz (-3dB).
My question is this: do I trust the sub's on-board 120Hz crossover and call it a day, or bring along my Driverack260 to split up the signal all fancy-like? Will there be an appreciable difference in quality/output potential?
My leaning is toward using the Driverack, and setting a nice steep HPF @ 45Hz (no mention in their literature of the sub even doing this), xover the sub and tops somewhere around 100Hz, and a LPF @ 18kHz for the tops, if for no other reason than the Driverack cost more than the whole sub ;p