Ready made crossovers

Jay · 30th November 2003, 05:12 PM

I have been thinking that ready made crossovers is a stupid thing. But then there are expensive ready made crossovers! What have I missed???

Nappylady · 30th November 2003, 07:27 PM

People are willing to pay through the nose to get an inferior solution.

This is not uncommon; look at United States taxpayers. I've wasted so much money on this feeble government...

Perhaps you're looking at a kit? If it's a kit, then it's not so bad, because the drivers are already chosen. Ready-made crossovers for any driver though, that's a bad thing. Half of the crossover is the driver! Leave that to someone else's discretion, oh boy, that's a bad idea!

wintermute · 1st December 2003, 10:34 AM

Hi Jay,

I've got ready made crossovers, but I bought them years ago at a point when I didn't know any better, and had absolutely no idea how to make my own

I'm sure there is a market for them for people just like I was 10 years ago (actually it could even be 14 years ago, now that's scary)!

My next project I'm venturing into the unknown and making my own!

Regards,

Tony.

Jay · 1st December 2003, 01:11 PM

It is okay Tony, if you bought a cheap one (local ones here are very cheap). I still do just for experiment, in the process of bulding a working one. But when I read about that Eminence crossover thread, bad caps and wires for $50, I remembered when I saw a more than $100 crossover with a brand which seemed to be a great name in audio. I couldn't understand the technical reason behind that price but I didn't want to know. But now I want to (I just found on the net a $150 crossover with thin coils and ceramics resistors!).

Nappylady (or SY?) had opened my eye. Now I'm thinking that tax policies here are just products of inferior governmental officers...

30th November 2003, 05:12 PM	#1
Jay diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Jakarta	Ready made crossovers I have been thinking that ready made crossovers is a stupid thing. But then there are expensive ready made crossovers! What have I missed???

1st December 2003, 10:34 AM	#3
wintermute just another diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sydney Blog Entries: 22	Hi Jay, I've got ready made crossovers, but I bought them years ago at a point when I didn't know any better, and had absolutely no idea how to make my own I'm sure there is a market for them for people just like I was 10 years ago (actually it could even be 14 years ago, now that's scary)! My next project I'm venturing into the unknown and making my own! Regards, Tony. __________________ Any intelligence I may appear to have is purely artificial! Some of my photos

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30th November 2003, 07:27 PM	#2
Nappylady diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salt Lake City	People are willing to pay through the nose to get an inferior solution. This is not uncommon; look at United States taxpayers. I've wasted so much money on this feeble government... Perhaps you're looking at a kit? If it's a kit, then it's not so bad, because the drivers are already chosen. Ready-made crossovers for any driver though, that's a bad thing. Half of the crossover is the driver! Leave that to someone else's discretion, oh boy, that's a bad idea!

1st December 2003, 01:11 PM	#4
Jay diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Jakarta	It is okay Tony, if you bought a cheap one (local ones here are very cheap). I still do just for experiment, in the process of bulding a working one. But when I read about that Eminence crossover thread, bad caps and wires for $50, I remembered when I saw a more than $100 crossover with a brand which seemed to be a great name in audio. I couldn't understand the technical reason behind that price but I didn't want to know. But now I want to (I just found on the net a $150 crossover with thin coils and ceramics resistors!). Nappylady (or SY?) had opened my eye. Now I'm thinking that tax policies here are just products of inferior governmental officers...

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