Has anyone come across any refferences to how much audio power is handled by a tweeter from say 2khz up. I am thinking
of biamping and in my case my tweeter is not as sensitive as my
woffer and mid. I seem to rember reading that there is not a lot
of power in the highs in fact in clasical music I think half of the power is below 500hz. Wondering if there are any new studdies about this.
Thanks
Woody
of biamping and in my case my tweeter is not as sensitive as my
woffer and mid. I seem to rember reading that there is not a lot
of power in the highs in fact in clasical music I think half of the power is below 500hz. Wondering if there are any new studdies about this.
Thanks
Woody
I was instructed to use the 1/3 formula. 1/3 to mid , 1/3 to high. For example, 300 watts low, 200watts mid, 100watts high. Depending on the crossover, active or passive. With an active one you can adjust the outputs of the highs and mid/lows to dial it in. In your case maybe 100watts for the mid/lows and say 30 watts for the highs. An active crossover might allow you to adjust your crossover point as well. If you choose a passive crossover you had better do your homework. It generally doesn't take a lot of power for highs, and separating them from the same amp that drives the rest will sound a lot better. Good luck
how much less sensitive are the tweeters relative to the mid/woofer?
Also biamping usually splits the bass from the mid/high not the high from the mid/bass.
Also biamping usually splits the bass from the mid/high not the high from the mid/bass.
The rule of thumb I learned at my mother's knee was equal power per octave.
I mentioned that once here and was mobbed by folks who felt that I was being too generous on the high end. I believe they pointed to a chart on the ESP site, so try there.
Me? Being the obstinate cuss that I am, I'm still going to keep giving the highs all the juice they can handle. Tweeters (bwess their widdle hearts...) are such delicate little flowers (read: expensive) that I'd rather err on the side of caution than clip and toast a tweeter. Not to mention the fact that clipping sounds nasty.
(How do these morons with their boom-boom car stereos miss the fact that they're audibly clipping? Is their hearing already gone? Egad, I hate the sound of clipping.)
Grey
I mentioned that once here and was mobbed by folks who felt that I was being too generous on the high end. I believe they pointed to a chart on the ESP site, so try there.
Me? Being the obstinate cuss that I am, I'm still going to keep giving the highs all the juice they can handle. Tweeters (bwess their widdle hearts...) are such delicate little flowers (read: expensive) that I'd rather err on the side of caution than clip and toast a tweeter. Not to mention the fact that clipping sounds nasty.
(How do these morons with their boom-boom car stereos miss the fact that they're audibly clipping? Is their hearing already gone? Egad, I hate the sound of clipping.)
Grey
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