2 way, 3rd order 2600 Hz xovers

[flatmax]

Hi there,

Is there any interest in these xovers :
Amazon.com: Crossover : 2 Way, 2600hz, Protected, 18 dB/Octave: Home Audio & Theater

Any feedback or comments ?

thanks
Matt

 

[fatmarley]

So you want to design your own speaker from scratch!

 

[Dave Bullet]

Hi there,

Is there any interest in these xovers :
Amazon.com: Crossover : 2 Way, 2600hz, Protected, 18 dB/Octave: Home Audio & Theater

Any feedback or comments ?

thanks
Matt

Don't. It's like buying diesel then buying a petrol car and wondering why they won't work well together when after all both petrol and diesel cars have a combustion engine and fuel tank.

See my signature. You design the crossover to the drivers, not the other way around.

The key issue with off the shelf crossovers is they assume a constant impedance from the drivers on either side of the crossover point. Look at the impedance curves of any driver

 

[Moondog55]

Well the orientation of the inductors is wrong to start with but if you needed those values of iron coded inductors it "might" be a cheapish way of purchasing, personally I prefer 2nd order or first order XOs or doing it electronically

 

[Lojzek]

Hi there,

Is there any interest in these xovers...Any feedback or comments ?

thanks
Matt

As already advised, these are not a ready to insert solution for arbitrary chosen drive units if you are to expect excellent results. But, perhaps not this particular product, these kind of offerings can present a good investment because you can modify inductors to any value that you may need, with a bit of magnet wire from another donor inductor. Caps can easily be paralled or even in series to combine to a desired value. The boards themselves are also valuable for these can be reused, again with certain modifications. Chinese offerings often present a good value as a source of usable parts. You gotta do your homework and calculate total costs to know for sure.