I have a 2 way sealed cube with its own built in crossovers 180 Hz to 20k. I'm going to use this cube in a larger enclosure. I'd like to add a midbass driver that has a fr of 55 to 5000 Hz. Do I need a crossover for this driver? How can I use both of these components on 1 channel ? I would like to add this driver and use it's rated FR of 55 to 5000hz.
Yes, splitting the responsibility for a half of a frequency range most often requires a crossover.
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What you're proposing is called a 2.5 way system. Plenty of info on this forum about them. Easiest to cross the mid-woofer at the baffle step frequency with a single inductor, assuming it's a well behaved driver of appropriate sensitivity.
Yes you need a crossover or you will have too much spl above a frequency you have to find and that is related to the width of the front baffle. The called baffle step frequency and sometimes above it.
And according the sensibility of the driver you add, you migth need also partial taming or not as it is overlapping partially the cube spl response.
so is needing some ways to measure your speaker with devices, mic, software and soundcard...
And according the sensibility of the driver you add, you migth need also partial taming or not as it is overlapping partially the cube spl response.
so is needing some ways to measure your speaker with devices, mic, software and soundcard...
Btw this is by no means an audiophile build. Nowhere near actually. It's a portable unit. Just don't want distortion and trying to fill whatever gaps that I might have. I'm all open for using a different type woofer to work with the cube speaker. Looking to keep it simple.