I thought it would be great if someone made a crossover that controls the amount of bass going to your front-strange speakers and subwoofer at different volumes. That is, if you listen to your audio at low volume, the subwoofer is almost at rest while front stage speakers are working at their full potential to provide the adequate amount of bass. As volume goes up, that bass potential of front stage speakers is exceeded, and the subwoofer slowly kicks in. As you increase you volume even higher, the subwoofer start playing all of the bass, while the crossover point of your front stage automatically shifts up. The goal is to make the whole thing sound natural at low volumes and provide appropriate amount of bass at high volumes.
I need this circuit for my setup because I am tired of playing with bass every time I change volume on the head unit…
I need this circuit for my setup because I am tired of playing with bass every time I change volume on the head unit…
That's an interesting idea. Meyer Audio had something of the sort about 20 years back for sound reinforcement systems.
Just for grins, how does the subwoofer not integrate properly with the mains? I suspect if you solve that problem, you wouldn't need to fiddle with the crossover.
You might want to try checking the respective phases between the sub and mains, then verify they're set properly for that particular crossover. If the two are out of phase, you'll get response above and below the xover point, but a large hole at xover, which could mess with integration at low volumes.
Just for grins, how does the subwoofer not integrate properly with the mains? I suspect if you solve that problem, you wouldn't need to fiddle with the crossover.
You might want to try checking the respective phases between the sub and mains, then verify they're set properly for that particular crossover. If the two are out of phase, you'll get response above and below the xover point, but a large hole at xover, which could mess with integration at low volumes.
Normally, If I adjust my x-over so that music sounds ok at high volumes, when I decrease the volume I realize that there is not enough bass up front and I have to shift my crossover point down on my mains to compensate for that. Then, if I increase the volume I realize that my front speakers are being overdriven and I have to rise the crossover point. Something like this will solve this problem once you correctly set it up at high and low volume: 😉
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I guess it is not a real problem if you are not overpowering your speakers.
I remember it was a big problem a while ago when I discovered the existence of automotive amplifiers 😕 and was blowing 60 amp fuses with 2 JBL px600.2 powering 2 sets of JBL Gti components. 😱
I remember it was a big problem a while ago when I discovered the existence of automotive amplifiers 😕 and was blowing 60 amp fuses with 2 JBL px600.2 powering 2 sets of JBL Gti components. 😱
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