Econowave Crossover?

rich31td · Sep 25, 2011

I am building a pair of Econowave Standards using the Dayton DC300 and D220ti with JBL horn in 70 liter sealed enclosures.

I am using a MiniDSP active crossover and was wondering what the Econowave crossover actualy does other than cross between woofer and CD?

Reason being I wanted to mimic this in the MiniDSP.

Is there any EQ'ing going on?

donprice · Sep 25, 2011

Yes, CD (compression driver) compensation to flatten out the CD response. It is discussed in the ewave thread (and many similar ones).

dc270 · Sep 25, 2011

Most compression drivers have a humped responce, I do not see why this could not be flattened out or compensated with your electronic xover. You can balance for room anomolies as well. Its a win win with electronic xover- short of the complexity that is.
DC

EarlK · Sep 25, 2011

I am building a pair of Econowave Standards using the Dayton DC300 and D220ti with JBL horn in 70 liter sealed enclosures.

I am using a MiniDSP active crossover and was wondering what the Econowave crossover actualy does other than cross between woofer and CD?

Reason being I wanted to mimic this in the MiniDSP.

Is there any EQ'ing going on?

- Yes, there's LF & HF EQing occuring in the original networks .

- Here's Zilches voltage drives for both HF versions of the Econowave crossover ( from 2009 ) . This was measured using Clio with the networks & drivers in place ( apparently ) .