Why new xover sounds recess and lacks dynamic

[andy2]

My speakers are based on Eros construction but I am using my own version of xover:
Here is the construction and description of speakers:
http://www.speakerbuilder.net/web_fi...oject/eros.htm

I attached my own version of xover. The one on the right is slightly modified from the one on the left.

But the sound of the right xover sound quite rescess but the change is so minimal. Could anyone explain why?

My purpose is to add a bit more baffle step correction so to add a little of warmness to the sound. Any suggestion is welcomed.

[Jonasa]

The right on has a resistor in serial with the capacitor in the woofer crossover. The effect of the resistor is a faster roll off in the high frequenties of the woofer (1 ...3 Khz).
My filter has also a resistor in serial with the cap and I did some measurements when I removed the resistor of not.
But does anyone know the reanson why this is?

[andy2]

Originally posted by Jonasa
The right on has a resistor in serial with the capacitor in the woofer crossover. The effect of the resistor is a faster roll off in the high frequenties of the woofer (1 ...3 Khz).
My filter has also a resistor in serial with the cap and I did some measurements when I removed the resistor of not.
But does anyone know the reanson why this is?

What's the difference in the sound when you remove the resistor?

I once had a pair of Living voice speaker with the xover almost exactly the same as mine (drivers are almost the same too) and its xover also has 1.5ohm in series with the cap.

[Jonasa]

When you remove the resistor (0 ohm) you will hear a little more in the frequentie range between 1 and 3 khz.
I"ve the build the studiomonitor of Vance cookbook and did the test but I don"t hear much difference I only saw it on the frequency plot.

[lndm]

You may find that the rolloff is a little smoother with the resistor in place. If you like the sound with the resistor removed, you might also try it with the resistor in place but reduce the value of inductance.

[tinitus]

Resistors affect phase, timing and Q values and prevent peaks/ringing

I think you you should try a resistor on 0.33mH also

But not easy to say, every component added or taken away affect phase

But do some longperiod testing with different resistor values - I often use rather big R values close to DC resistance, more or less

I also use double RC, cant do without them

Also I recommend RC on tweeter to deal with rising impedance at high frequencies

[andy2]

Originally posted by tinitus
Resistors affect phase, timing and Q values and prevent peaks/ringing

I think you you should try a resistor on 0.33mH also

But not easy to say, every component added or taken away affect phase

But do some longperiod testing with different resistor values - I often use rather big R values close to DC resistance, more or less

I also use double RC, cant do without them

Also I recommend RC on tweeter to deal with rising impedance at high frequencies

How about keeping the 1.0ohm resister but reduce the cap from 18.2uf to about 12uf?

[Jonasa]

Does anybody know a free program on internet where you can play with filter components and see the result on a graph?

[sreten]

Originally posted by andy2

I attached my own version of xover. The one on the right is slightly modified from the one on the left.

But the sound of the right xover sound quite rescess but the change is so minimal. Could anyone explain why?

Hi,

Because the resistor is drastically affecting the Q of the LC section.

Without the R and using "standard" c/o values often results in a
peaking response due to the inductance of the bass unit preventing
the resistance of the driver damping the Q of the LC section.

/sreten.

[rabbitz]

Originally posted by Jonasa
Does anybody know a free program on internet where you can play with filter components and see the result on a graph?

Have a look at the PCD or SCD and other stuff at the
FRD Consortium. You might have to use a couple to get what you want and SPL tools is very useful.