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WTB 15-20mH speaker inductor

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yep 😀 but only if speaker design is 1st oder slope low pass- simple RC on amp input. then it would be better than mundorfs. but price to pay is... an amplifier- almost never same quality as amp is used for high/mid. and.. any design witch have active crossovers (mostly based on opamps) is no go in highest quality systems. so.. everything at higehst level is expensive 😀 its moe like "arm or leg" desisions.
 
Most of the active crossover per Linkwitz can be done without unity gain buffers.
At least that is what I have been using.
www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/a-modular-analogue-active-crossover-filter-solution.329458/
www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/unity-gain-non-inverting-buffer-options.403759/post-7465303

In my personal experience, active crossover + separate amps for individual drivers is almost always superior.
It doesn't have to be more expensive if you build your own.


My 2 cents,
Patrick
 
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I am using active filters indeed, with jfet buffers. 24dB slopes to protect the planar drivers from frying. Now I wanted to try something with much simples crossovers, this is actually my first endeavour in using a passive crossover - but definitely will be compared with "active", indeed with ideas as passive 1st order RCs at the amps input.
 
Most of the active crossover per Linkwitz can be done without unity gain buffers.
At least that is what I have been using.
www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/a-modular-analogue-active-crossover-filter-solution.329458/
www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/unity-gain-non-inverting-buffer-options.403759/post-7465303

In my personal experience, active crossover + separate amps for individual drivers is almost always superior.
It doesn't have to be more expensive if you build your own.


My 2 cents,
Patrick
been there, done that. nothing wrong with active crossovers. they sound nice. i also used and modified yamaha d20400crossovers(with 8x pcm63p-y dac chips) with better results. but nothing beats high quality inductors in pure systems where no opamps, not even feedback on DAC IV stages. there is good sounding very complex audiosystems (like ML no32 or no380s preamps with tons of opamps and feebcaks) but I ment pure systems.
 
For a dipole experiment, I am looking for a pair of inductors between 15 and 20mH. Someone has something nice, including the willingness to ship to Switzerland?

Many thanks!
Erik

Here you go.

Deutschland has a number of useful parts shops who might ship to Switzerland. These guys, for example, have 15 mH inductors with about 1 ohm series resistance for prices ranging between 18 and 37 €.