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Using Rew to find Crossover point?

post #1 of 7
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i am thinking of measusing the main speakers from 10-200hz and see where they start to fall off and let the subs pick it up from there.

how would you guys do it?

thanks
post #2 of 7
Tough getting speaker output at that low of frequency. I'd still measure at the LP and smooth it (1/6 db per octave maybe). Just beware that you'll be getting room modes more than speaker output.

Do you know when the woofer on you CS1s start to see excursion?

Or measure outside. Or measure nearfield.
post #3 of 7
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not sure, but according to the designer's web site:

"....This may be small and a bit hard to read, but we got a good response from about 55hz to about 19.3khz at about plus or minus 3db.."

so i guess, be safe and stay above 60hz for x-over?
post #4 of 7
Almost every manufacturer FR curve I have seen is done at the 1W level where the drivers are hardly being stressed. FR can and does vary with levels (look at Illka's tests), esp as the LF drivers are approaching their limits both in terms of excursion and distortion. So, your 55Hz LF point might be OK at low level, but may sound stressed at higher levels using that as the xover point, whereas a say 80hz xover will give about 2/3 less excursion of the LF driver for the same level, snd lower distortion up into the midband.
post #5 of 7
Thread Starter 
thanks, i am thinking of 3 possible x-overs points.

60hz, 80hz, and 100hz. i guess maybe i should run the graphs for all 3 and see which one provide the smoothest curve.
post #6 of 7
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Originally Posted by smokarz View Post

not sure, but according to the designer's web site:

"....This may be small and a bit hard to read, but we got a good response from about 55hz to about 19.3khz at about plus or minus 3db.."

so i guess, be safe and stay above 60hz for x-over?

Based on this, I also would aim for 80hz. There are a few reasons 80 would be better than 60. You want some extention beyond the XO point to properly blend with the sub, or you'll get asymmetric XO slopes.
post #7 of 7
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Originally Posted by smokarz View Post

thanks, i am thinking of 3 possible x-overs points.

60hz, 80hz, and 100hz. i guess maybe i should run the graphs for all 3 and see which one provide the smoothest curve.

That's a good idea.
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