Attenuate?

muhy3 · 23rd October 2004, 03:59 AM

I am designing my first 2-way speaker (after the success of my subwoofer using the 12" peerless XLS). Anyway the tweeter is 6dB more sensitive than the mid-woofer. In order to match the woofer and tweeter, would I have to attenuate the mid-woofer or the tweeter?

Thank you.

Grahamt · 23rd October 2004, 01:33 PM

You can only bring down the tweeter sensitivity. You can use an Lpad, you may also want to compensate for baffle step loss. That is about all the help I can give, someone more knowledgable maybe can be more specific.

RJ · 23rd October 2004, 07:17 PM

1: You can add another Woofer and parallel it. That'll raise the db by 6
2: You can by an L-Pad resistor and install it in the Tweeter circuit.
3. I buy a bunch of 1,2,3 & 4 ohm audio grade resistors & tweak it that way.
L8'er RJ

muhy3 · 24th October 2004, 02:53 AM

Thnx doodz!

23rd October 2004, 03:59 AM	#1
muhy3 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia	Attenuate? I am designing my first 2-way speaker (after the success of my subwoofer using the 12" peerless XLS). Anyway the tweeter is 6dB more sensitive than the mid-woofer. In order to match the woofer and tweeter, would I have to attenuate the mid-woofer or the tweeter? Thank you. __________________ There used to be a time, when penguins filled the sky!

24th October 2004, 02:53 AM	#4
muhy3 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia	Thnx doodz! __________________ There used to be a time, when penguins filled the sky!

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23rd October 2004, 01:33 PM	#2
Grahamt diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: U of Waterloo	You can only bring down the tweeter sensitivity. You can use an Lpad, you may also want to compensate for baffle step loss. That is about all the help I can give, someone more knowledgable maybe can be more specific.

23rd October 2004, 07:17 PM	#3
RJ diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	1: You can add another Woofer and parallel it. That'll raise the db by 6 2: You can by an L-Pad resistor and install it in the Tweeter circuit. 3. I buy a bunch of 1,2,3 & 4 ohm audio grade resistors & tweak it that way. L8'er RJ