hi, I am new to Speaker crossover building, I have a set of speaker, it original crossover was quiet complicated. as shown in the attachment, it has many components, at the crossover point:2300hz.
When I frequency test each speaker driver, I realize the woofer driver has natural slop from 2500hz. so I simplified the crossover: leave the Woofer as it is without any crossover components, just add a 3.3UF caps to the tweeter, the new Crossover point is at 3300HZ.
When I try to compare both of the crossovers, the frequency almost the same, sounding almost the same in term of bass, mids and heights, and my simplified crossover feeling more sensitive, plays slightly louder.
so my question is:
When designing a crossover is it that true having fewer components is better so to preserve the speaker's original sounding?
do more components make the speaker sound better?
When I frequency test each speaker driver, I realize the woofer driver has natural slop from 2500hz. so I simplified the crossover: leave the Woofer as it is without any crossover components, just add a 3.3UF caps to the tweeter, the new Crossover point is at 3300HZ.
When I try to compare both of the crossovers, the frequency almost the same, sounding almost the same in term of bass, mids and heights, and my simplified crossover feeling more sensitive, plays slightly louder.
so my question is:
When designing a crossover is it that true having fewer components is better so to preserve the speaker's original sounding?
do more components make the speaker sound better?
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More is not worse, fewer is not better. It all pertains to the results.
In order to use simple electrical filters, drivers have to be engineered to perform additional acoustical filtering, as in your woofer having a natural roll-off at 2,500 Hz.
The danger of using only a single capacitor on the tweeter is that the delicate driver may receive too much low frequency energy and be damaged. If in doubt use a simple second order LC filter on the tweeter.
The danger of using only a single capacitor on the tweeter is that the delicate driver may receive too much low frequency energy and be damaged. If in doubt use a simple second order LC filter on the tweeter.
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Depends on the goal..........excess shaping using inductors(coils) can effect the dynamic range of the signal being passed. Of course the circuit design and the driver's response will dictate.....but in black and white terms.....yes.......less components will result in a greater dynamic range all things other wise being equal.
But your existing tweeter XO had a lot more than just a single cap.....are you saying you took out everything else and just added the one cap?
But your existing tweeter XO had a lot more than just a single cap.....are you saying you took out everything else and just added the one cap?