I'm new to speaker building and I have two main questions, is it advisable to do a series parallel crossover in a 4 way speaker cabinet, and is this a good layout for my crossover in general, I'm not quite sure of the inductor layout. Also, I know the Caps aren't optimal but they were what I could afford at this time (I will be replacing them later).
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Layout seems workable to me. However I'm puzzled by your first question. You mean a combination of low and low mid, crossed parallel and a mid-high and high, crossed parallel also, together in a series circuit? If you know how to do that, you would also know other caveats in crossover design on electrodynamic transducers... and in that case the question is pointless.
Thank you for your response, I have done a bit of research and it sounds like an exercise in futility doing it that way, I just thought I had missed something. I was only curios as I was looking for a way to increase my impedance as all of the speakers (bar the upper mid) are 8 ohms and the 4 ohm upper mid has a resistor to match it. As I understand it I will likely see an impedance of around 2 ohms and was looking to see if I could increase that simply through wiring without impacting sound. I couldn't really find a solution elsewhere and I thought I may as well ask.
You're not thinking of your arrangement being like four 8 ohm drivers in parallel which would result in a system impedance of 2 ohm are you?
The crossover arrangement prevents this from happening. If you have two 8 ohm speakers working in parallel in the bass section, the system impedance will effectively be 4 ohm.
Perhaps I'm grossly misinterpreting your words, so please supply details of your drivers, their function, how you intend to connect them, and your crossover circuit diagram.
The crossover arrangement prevents this from happening. If you have two 8 ohm speakers working in parallel in the bass section, the system impedance will effectively be 4 ohm.
Perhaps I'm grossly misinterpreting your words, so please supply details of your drivers, their function, how you intend to connect them, and your crossover circuit diagram.
Is it textbook values? This will not work, since impedance is not constant (only ribbons are). No matter what you need to measure. No need to try to match impedance. Only sesnsitivity should be matched and phase.