[lgoler]

I have a pair of old Cabasse Galiote bookshelf speakers that still
sound great. I was wondering if anyone new what the black box, called
an Active Compensator is supposed to do for the speakers. Is this box
a crossover that must be used or an EQ?

Thanks,

Lance

[Scott Dorsey]

In article ,
lgoler wrote:
I have a pair of old Cabasse Galiote bookshelf speakers that still
sound great. I was wondering if anyone new what the black box, called
an Active Compensator is supposed to do for the speakers. Is this box
a crossover that must be used or an EQ?

It's a bass EQ box. The modern Galiote Actif has the amp and the bass
compensation built in, but the old passive ones gave you the compensation
box to put in your tape loop. I'm generally not a fan of the things, but
if you want deep bass from a small box you have to sacrifice something, and
doing active compensation means you sacrifice amplifier power (which today
is cheap), and maximum output level.

These are not biamplified cabinets.

Galiote got bought out by the Japanese... I don't know if any of their
current stuff is any good.
--scott

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