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Hi i have just aquirerd a pair of Definitive technology bp8 dipoles. have just had a look at the crossovers and im sure they could be tweaked or replaced. apart from changing the bipolar electrolytic on the tweeter to a film type i dont want to do anything else untill i get a little direction as i have read that there could be components to deal with 200hz cancelation ???
Any help or pointers most greatfully recived.
Regards Ian
 
dont want to do anything else untill i get a little direction as i have read that there could be components to deal with 200hz cancelation ???
No components except loudspeakers and their positioning is responsible
of that . It is the distance from the walls and from the floor ,and from each other ,that determines the frequencies were dips and summing in(ter)ferences
happen . Negative interference (cancellation) happens when the direct wave and the reflected one (meet together) are at half of the wavelength .Dip happens at a frequency double the difference of "travel" path .
 
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No components except loudspeakers and their positioning is responsible
of that . It is the distance from the walls and from the floor ,and from each other ,that determines the frequencies were dips and summing in(ter)ferences
happen . Negative interference (cancellation) happens when the direct wave and the reflected one (meet together) are at half of the wavelength .Dip happens at a frequency double the difference of "travel" path .
Did you not notice the question mark on the end ???????. It was a question and you have given a good answer and imformation now i can research and learn. what i need to know Many Thanks
Regards Ian Ps i am talking about Dipole speaker cabinets. are you ??
 
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Did you not notice the question mark on the end ???????. It was a question and you have given a good answer and imformation now i can research and learn. what i need to know Many Thanks
Regards Ian Ps i am talking about Dipole speaker cabinets. are you ??

No, they're bipoles. While dipoles and bipoles both obviously share fore and aft radiation, the in-phase bipole has very different polar response from the out-of-phase dipole.
 
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As Drew points out, the Definitives are bipoles.

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Definitive's BiPolar technology radiates sound from the front and the back of the speaker for more life-like sound and spacious imaging for every listener in the room!

Upgrading from bipolar caps to poly caps is usually a step forward.

And you'll need to derive a circuit diagram from the XO.

dave
 
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