[rocko1290]

When the speaker receives a specific frequency, how does it know whether to send it to the tweeter, mid-range. or woofer? Is there a chip inside the speaker?

 

[Paul Scarpelli]



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Originally Posted by rocko1290 /forum/post/0


When the speaker receives a specific frequency, how does it know whether to send it to the tweeter, mid-range. or woofer? Is there a chip inside the speaker?

The crossover is a passive dividing network that filters out specific frequency ranges. It consists of resistors, capacitors, colis and such. In a 3-way speaker, for example, the woofer will be "lowpassed" and all frequencies below a certain frequency go to the woofer. The midrange will be lowpassed and highpassed, with a midrange band of frequencies sent to it. The tweeter will be "highpassed" with frequncies above 2kHz to 3kHz sent to the tweeter.


Pardon the simple and flawed explanation...there's more to it, obviously...

 

[Nawhitfi]



Quote:
Originally Posted by rocko1290 /forum/post/0


When the speaker receives a specific frequency, how does it know whether to send it to the tweeter, mid-range. or woofer? Is there a chip inside the speaker?

There's a crossover inside the speaker.

 

[rocko1290]

Thanks guys I know it was a simple question but I've never really looked inside a speaker so I didn't know!

 

[Paul Scarpelli]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Nawhitfi /forum/post/0


There's a crossover inside the speaker.

The crossover is also referred to as a "dividing network."

 

[noremacyug]

rocko, empy your pm's so you can recieve them. i can't reply to your last pm. to answer the Q though, yes i still have the amp and no i don't have the manual, but you should be able to download it.

 

[ChrisWiggles]

There are little miniature traffic police in there that direct the various frequencies to where they want to go.

 

[Warpdrv]

^^


Best answer I have ever heard...

LOL