An 8uF capacitor on that tweeter yields a cutoff right in 5khz neighborhood. So, it's essentially additive with your active crossover and creating an increase in the acoustic roll-off of the filter. Which may be an issue for you?
Unless your amplifier is not well-behaved, I'd go without the capacitor. Those tweeters are fairly rugged.
Dave.
Unless your amplifier is not well-behaved, I'd go without the capacitor. Those tweeters are fairly rugged.
Dave.
An 8uF capacitor on that tweeter yields a cutoff right in 5khz neighborhood. So, it's essentially additive with your active crossover and creating an increase in the acoustic roll-off of the filter. Which may be an issue for you?
Unless your amplifier is not well-behaved, I'd go without the capacitor. Those tweeters are fairly rugged.
Dave.
it is an B&K st5000....i hope it stays good.... just making sure whats the best way to protect those tweeter...
V
The designer of the Neo 3 uses them at 1.5khz(4th order) in his own speaker designs. That's about as confident as you can get..it is an B&K st5000....i hope it stays good.... just making sure whats the best way to protect those tweeter...
V
http://www.bgcorp.com/PDFs/FS-420 Radia Product sheet .pdf
5khz? Don't use the cap.
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I vote against a large cap.
Series "protection" caps no longer become protection if their value is too large. Considerable deflection could be caused in a fragile tweeter (the Beo 3 not being that fragile) while the capacitor charges/discharges with slow moving turn on/off transients.
The 8uF capacitor is perfectly fine....IF it's roll-off characteristic is designed into the target acoustic crossover.
Cheers,
Dave.
Series "protection" caps no longer become protection if their value is too large. Considerable deflection could be caused in a fragile tweeter (the Beo 3 not being that fragile) while the capacitor charges/discharges with slow moving turn on/off transients.
The 8uF capacitor is perfectly fine....IF it's roll-off characteristic is designed into the target acoustic crossover.
Cheers,
Dave.
Ok now another part i am getting Neo3 for my desktop and Neo8 for my nearfield PC listening...
i read a lot and didnt saw much of difference between two ...that Neo8 can go lower then neo3...
any other inputs and same question what capacitance to provide some safety around it...
i have a Seas 1141 and i plan to cross keep seas from 45-3000 and Neo8 from 2000 -20Khz i will be using active crossover for this as well...
and this will be open baffle...
i read a lot and didnt saw much of difference between two ...that Neo8 can go lower then neo3...
any other inputs and same question what capacitance to provide some safety around it...
i have a Seas 1141 and i plan to cross keep seas from 45-3000 and Neo8 from 2000 -20Khz i will be using active crossover for this as well...
and this will be open baffle...
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