Whoever that designer was, don't buy a speaker from them!
the dB/octave specification of the crossover?
Hello,
I have a dumb question the dB/octave specification of the crossover. A speaker designer wrote on his Facebook that dB/octave is like the resolution of a television. For example, for the same set of drivers, if we apply a crossover with 12dB/octave, the sound won’t be as detailed as with a 50dB/octave crossover. If this is true, I wonder why there are many speakers with 12dB/octave only. Why isn't there a race in dB/octave just like 4k, 8k TV?
Thank you.
Huy
I have a dumb question the dB/octave specification of the crossover. A speaker designer wrote on his Facebook that dB/octave is like the resolution of a television. For example, for the same set of drivers, if we apply a crossover with 12dB/octave, the sound won’t be as detailed as with a 50dB/octave crossover. If this is true, I wonder why there are many speakers with 12dB/octave only. Why isn't there a race in dB/octave just like 4k, 8k TV?
Thank you.
Huy
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Thank you everyone for the valuable input! On his facebook, he builds speakers with TAD, JBL, Altec drivers. His crossovers looks very massive and impressive. I have been following his page until he made this statement which puzzled me a lot because there exist some hi-end speakers with only 12dB/octave. I'm not an electrician either so I will check out Danny Richie video clips about crossover. @twoleftears : I won't :) |
There are many who are proponents of 1st order, time coincident crossovers as well. Vandersteen and Thiel among them. If you are curious, build some. :) How about the Seas A26 kit? Has 1 capacitor and one resistor for a single order (6dB/octave) slope on the tweeter only. Can easily be converted to 2nd order (12db/octave) as an experiment. https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2-way-speaker-kits/seas-a26-10-2-way-kit-pair-based-on-the-cla... |
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