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bassma999

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« on: 11 Apr 2022, 06:52 am »
Hello all, I am new here.

It is my hope to learn to design my own (good) crossovers for my DIY builds.
This is one of a few forums I am on.
Hopefully this is a relaxed and open forum with friendly people like myself that help each other.
I will help anyone I can with my knowledge.

There are a few projects I am currently working on that I am excited about.

JLM

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« Reply #1 on: 12 Apr 2022, 01:24 pm »
Old timers preferred 1st order crossovers to keep everything phase correct, but of course you've got to have the drivers that can handle the relative wide bandwidth and maintain wide dispersion.  Modern designers use active design with DSP and can tweak to their heart's content.  Of course active is what recording/production studios use.
« Last Edit: 13 Apr 2022, 12:16 pm by JLM »

Phil A

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« Reply #2 on: 12 Apr 2022, 08:37 pm »
Welcome!

bassma999

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« Reply #3 on: 12 Apr 2022, 11:33 pm »
I have to admit I could have learned much more long ago, but was only worried about loud and not sound.
Now that my hearing is messed up I want to play quality sound.
Too little too late maybe, but still here I am.

I have had several speakers that came with 1st order like Polk and Jbl and the lesser brands too obviously.
They didnt necessarily sound bad either.
But when compared directly to speakers with well designed XO the difference can be big sometimes.

Ive talked to some that say active isnt good enough because notch filters or other things arent possible that way, including John I think it is from GR.
He makes his living on passive networks though.