Help with DIY 3 way speaker setups for fronts

DerAlte · 24th March 2009, 20:31

If you really want to experiment, start with getting a suitable 4" coax first - something that you like the mid-range of. Disconnect the tweet in the coax and implement your HPF plan with non-polar caps, the value of which you can figure out with on-line calculators. Feed it off the main speaker signal without disconnecting the existing XO. With the coax's own tweeter out of action, only the mid will use the signal. Hopefully with a bit of EQ at the HU, it will sound decent.

Once you are familiar with the controlling variables, you should be able to design and implement a 3-way XO.

abhibh · 24th March 2009, 20:42

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Originally Posted by DerAlte

Once you are familiar with the controlling variables, you should be able to design and implement a 3-way XO.

Might be a bit off-topic but from where can we source good capacitors & inductors to build the XO ? Doesnt matter if it is Mylar of PP.

I have not came across a single place in Punjab where i can source good quality parts.

Bass&Trouble · 25th March 2009, 14:21

@greenhorn - I agree with you. The sensible thing does seem to implement a 6x9 type 3-way, utilizing the natural roll-offs of the concerned drivers to make the most of it. Or DIY-ing a 3-way crossover.

24th March 2009, 20:31	#16
DerAlte Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 8,069 Thanked: 2,919 Times	If you really want to experiment, start with getting a suitable 4" coax first - something that you like the mid-range of. Disconnect the tweet in the coax and implement your HPF plan with non-polar caps, the value of which you can figure out with on-line calculators. Feed it off the main speaker signal without disconnecting the existing XO. With the coax's own tweeter out of action, only the mid will use the signal. Hopefully with a bit of EQ at the HU, it will sound decent. Once you are familiar with the controlling variables, you should be able to design and implement a 3-way XO.
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25th March 2009, 14:21	#18
Bass&Trouble Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bombay Posts: 2,754 Thanked: 124 Times	@greenhorn - I agree with you. The sensible thing does seem to implement a 6x9 type 3-way, utilizing the natural roll-offs of the concerned drivers to make the most of it. Or DIY-ing a 3-way crossover.
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