Just bought an L-pad and it attenuates the sound but not quite as fine adjust as I would like. It maybe because I'm using a 8 ohm l-pad as its all I could find and a 4 ohm tweeter. I don't understand the electronics of it but the fine tuning isn't quite there. I have to set it to practically minimum just before it switches off for it to get near the level I want and even then its slightly too loud. Is there anything I can do to get the level to where I want it?
This is a good L pad calculator:
L pad calculator - attenuation dB damping impedance decibel loudspeaker speaker voltage divider - sengpielaudio Sengpiel Berlin
Use 5 to 10W ceramic resistors.
L pad calculator - attenuation dB damping impedance decibel loudspeaker speaker voltage divider - sengpielaudio Sengpiel Berlin
Use 5 to 10W ceramic resistors.
Add a 4ohm resistor in series with the 4ohm tweeter to achieve 8 ohm system resistance, so the 8ohm variable lpad works as intended.
Try 2 L-pads, 1 can be fixed as stated earlier. If the level balance is that far off; maybe calculate a fixed L-pad for about -10 dB then also use the adjustable L-pad to get a better "fine tune". If you also use series resistors; make sure you calculate the crossover with the combined impedance (4, 8 or other Ohms).