Passive x-over question
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Passive x-over question If I were to put a 6 ohm tweeter on a passive crossover than is made for a 4 ohm tweeter will if affect the crossover frequency? How would it be affected.
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What's the frequency range of the tweeter?
What's the frequency range of the tweeter?
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. Excellent question Fonto. I really dont think it would change anything being 6 ohms. I think it would stay the same from 4 ohm to 8 ohm. Now if you were using a 2 ohm tweet, then i think it would change the crossover frequincy.
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If I were to put a 6 ohm tweeter on a passive crossover than is made for a 4 ohm tweeter will if affect the crossover frequency? How would it be affected.
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If I were to put a 6 ohm tweeter on a passive crossover than is made for a 4 ohm tweeter will if affect the crossover frequency? How would it be affected.
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Rep Power: 346 check-out the "passive crossover" section of this website... from my understanding they say it will change?
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....hmmm, this is tough to understand, I dunno what is right.
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....hmmm, this is tough to understand, I dunno what is right.
I think it will, a passive crossover is mostly just a bunch of inductors and caps. I think that it will change the crossofer frequency. If you look at crossover building sites, there's a chart of capacitance and inductance for specific speaker resistance, for example:
The Inductance and Capacitance of an 8 ohm speaker crossed over at 4000 Hz is 0.33 mH and 5 µF respectively. At 4000 Hz, a 4 Ohm speaker needs a 0.16 mH inductor and 10 µF Capacitor.
Given the same Capacitance and inductance, a different Speaker Impedence should change the crossover frequency. I'm not sure whether it will go up or down though.
The Inductance and Capacitance of an 8 ohm speaker crossed over at 4000 Hz is 0.33 mH and 5 µF respectively. At 4000 Hz, a 4 Ohm speaker needs a 0.16 mH inductor and 10 µF Capacitor.
Given the same Capacitance and inductance, a different Speaker Impedence should change the crossover frequency. I'm not sure whether it will go up or down though.
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Rep Power: 346 Ed, I think you are right...the crossover frequency will probably go down.
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I think it will, a passive crossover is mostly just a bunch of inductors and caps. I think that it will change the crossofer frequency. If you look at crossover building sites, there's a chart of capacitance and inductance for specific speaker resistance, for example:
The Inductance and Capacitance of an 8 ohm speaker crossed over at 4000 Hz is 0.33 mH and 5 µF respectively. At 4000 Hz, a 4 Ohm speaker needs a 0.16 mH inductor and 10 µF Capacitor.
Given the same Capacitance and inductance, a different Speaker Impedence should change the crossover frequency. I'm not sure whether it will go up or down though.
I think it will, a passive crossover is mostly just a bunch of inductors and caps. I think that it will change the crossofer frequency. If you look at crossover building sites, there's a chart of capacitance and inductance for specific speaker resistance, for example:
The Inductance and Capacitance of an 8 ohm speaker crossed over at 4000 Hz is 0.33 mH and 5 µF respectively. At 4000 Hz, a 4 Ohm speaker needs a 0.16 mH inductor and 10 µF Capacitor.
Given the same Capacitance and inductance, a different Speaker Impedence should change the crossover frequency. I'm not sure whether it will go up or down though.
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he frequency should go down, by 2/3. but thats what information winISD gives me concerning passive 1st order filters, could be less, could be more.
but if the impedance goes up by 1/3rd on a 1st order passive filter, the cutoff goes down by 1/3rd (3000 to 2000)
he frequency should go down, by 2/3. but thats what information winISD gives me concerning passive 1st order filters, could be less, could be more.
but if the impedance goes up by 1/3rd on a 1st order passive filter, the cutoff goes down by 1/3rd (3000 to 2000)
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but if the impedance goes up by 1/3rd on a 1st order passive filter,
but if the impedance goes up by 1/3rd on a 1st order passive filter,
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