The Design of Active Crossovers by Douglas Self

The Design of Active Crossovers



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The Design of Active Crossovers Douglas Self ebook
Publisher: Focal Press
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0240817389, 9780240817385
Page: 605


The Design of Active Crossovers - Published on 20.09.2012 - SNOWFactory.com - Keep an eye on our planet. Another review discusses Douglas Self's latest book The Design of Active Crossovers. I will design an audiophile quality loudspeaker that will sound great with or without the DEQX, and can be used with one amplifier, bi-amplified, or tri-amplified, with passive or active crossovers. Then you need to design active electronic custom crossovers, or use achieve the same use units such as Mini DSP. Both of those things would incorporate a few (or lots of) buffer stages. As I understand it, having an "active crossover" implies that the crossover is happening *before* the amping step. This is only semantics, but I am still curious. I have also wanted to design an active crossover, both as a kit and for my own projects. If one were to design and build their own active crossover, you save a lot of cash on the passive crossover parts. X4 adopts professional active filter technology and uses a 4-inch woofer and a 4/5 inch metal dome tweeter. Its internal active crossover and custom-designed dual amplifiers ensure an extremely consistent performance under a variety of different studio conditions and program material. Isn't this technically no longer an active crossover design? The system is designed for studio near-field monitoring and multimedia desktop environment. I'd like to design in the ability to compare active/passive crossover on the same speaker.For context, I am designing a 2way that needs to get down to ~80-100Hz. Designer Night returns with a combined menu of talks and networking focusing on issues facing emerging designers entering the UK and international design scenes. Then you need an amp for every frequency band the speaker requires. Hivi Swan X4 Professional Active Crossover Monitor Product Introduction http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww10/AMTechnologies/Hivi%20Speakers/X4/1_zps17d1e919.jpg Swans X4 is a compact 2-way professional active speaker system.