Any chance someone can explain the difference between these 2 board designs? As you may have guessed these are 2 Econowave designs, fairly similar but with different values for most components - i picked one of them for a build about a year ago, it was later suggested i could have used the other diagram - i've always wondered how different my build would have sounded if i'd picked the latter 🙂
Tell us your observations for the econowave version that you have built.
The pros & cons. of what you hear will suffice ( at this time there's no need to mention which crossover you ultimately went with ).
🙂
The pros & cons. of what you hear will suffice ( at this time there's no need to mention which crossover you ultimately went with ).
🙂
Overall i've always been happy with them ...but if i were to nitpick, i've always felt there was a ...gap? somewhere between the drivers, like vocals seem a slight recessed rather than more present if that makes sense?
The second network ( with L2 having a value at less than 1/2 the size of the first ) has much less Baffle Step Compensation ( ultimately reducing the midrange content in the crossover area / plus less mids a good octave below that ).
The second network ( by jackgiff ) uses stock values for the lowpass section.
- Overall, it'll be somewhat louder but with less bass response.
#2 was widely accepted by many eWavers modding old hifi speakers ( even though book values don't usually work well in these situations > it's "acceptance" would make a great study as to why ).
You could try it ( you'll definitely get more midrange content from the woofer > maybe too much > if so, stick a resistor between C2 and ground > valued anywhere from 0.5R to @ 6.0R ).
🙂
The second network ( by jackgiff ) uses stock values for the lowpass section.
- Overall, it'll be somewhat louder but with less bass response.
#2 was widely accepted by many eWavers modding old hifi speakers ( even though book values don't usually work well in these situations > it's "acceptance" would make a great study as to why ).
You could try it ( you'll definitely get more midrange content from the woofer > maybe too much > if so, stick a resistor between C2 and ground > valued anywhere from 0.5R to @ 6.0R ).
🙂
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