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The equalizer you don't know you have

Audiophiles are amazing at finding ways to not use an equalizer or tone control of any sort. Shame because in the bass regions EQ are magic. We can talk all day long about being able to hear the felt on the seat of the third violinist, but when you have a bass mode that is 20dB louder than anything else it can ruin your experience, and no power cable in the world is going to fix it.

But while our desire for audio purity is commendable for its tenacity, you may not be aware that EQ circuits are built right into a lot of speakers. A lot of very expensive speakers.

What do I mean? Well, very few very good sounding drivers are ideal, or integrate well with the other drivers. Speaker designers compensate for this within the crossover. Those caps, and coils which you think are just there to prevent a driver from going ballistic may also be coloring your sound, in a good way. Hopefully no one starts throwing their speakers out after this. :)


Best,

Erik
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dekay
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OK, but...

I do not use crossovers in my main system (EQ is achieved by the speaker enclosure and its placement in the room).

I previously used 2-Way speakers with a crossover and they sounded incredible (Reynaud Twins MKII mated with an Audion Silver Night 300B SET amp).

I auditioned the speakers prior to purchase @ a dealer with a killer room and they sounded even better than the audition in my living/listening room.

Sorry if I lost track of what your your OP was intended to gather/attract.

DeKay


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noble100
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     Crossovers, smoshovers! 

      I just have a hankerin for listening to some good music reproduced through a pair of speakers I like the sound of.  Okay, maybe 1 or 2 pairs of properly positioned and configured subs added would sound and feel even better.

What's that flying over my head?
  Tim
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asvjerry
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I'm going to stay out of 'active' involvement in this forum....

Why?

Because I'm an 'active Xover' And eq. 'abuser'.

'Nuff said....

@cap...Agreed....anything 'downstream' is doing Something other than just 'that'....whatever 'that' is said to be up to.... ;)

Have fun, y'all.  I come by later, to do the 'body count'....*L*
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tomic601
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Better, much better Mr Squires.... btw a large baffle can just be thought of as a constructive/ destructive averaging machine
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