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Realistic T-100 econowave

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So I picked up a pair of Realistic T-100 free from a yard sale a couple of years ago. The cabinets look great, although they could use a light sanding and restain. The woofers and tweeters are in great shape and all are working, but they are just underwhelming, so I want to make an econowave project or something out of them.
Internal volume on these is approximately 2.5 cu ft so I was thinking of replacing the tweeter with the Selenium D220Ti attached to a Dayton H6512 6"x12" waveguide (or something similar) and using a 10" Eminence woofer, but after looking at all the specs I have no idea which one would be best for this application, if any. Maybe an Eminence driver isn't even the way to go, maybe an old LE10A would work??
I listen to a pretty broad range of music (Classic Rock, Classical, Jazz, New Age, Choral, Dance) so I want great vocals, piano, cello, but are pretty good going loud with Rush, Journey, Eagles, Toto on occasion without falling apart.
Anyway, the factory crossover is 3.5K and I don't know if that's way too high of a crossover point, or if I should use that or pull it and put something else in there, a 1.6k crossover perhaps.
I'm not looking to be spoon fed, but some suggestions would be very helpful, especially from someone who has made an econowave out of the T-100.
Thanks for the help.
 
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If you are planning to use the econowave idea, you should use the crossover that matches the woofer sensitivity range from the econowave thread.

Looks like post 181 on about page 10 of the Econowave thread has the crossover options.
 
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nerdorama said:
If you are planning to use the econowave idea, you should use the crossover that matches the woofer sensitivity range from the econowave thread.

Looks like post 181 on about page 10 of the Econowave thread has the crossover options.
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Thanks very much!! That's super helpful! Now I'll have to find someone who knows how to build a crossover from a schematic. I can solder fine, but I don't understand how to read the schematic.
 
I you post your location ( or add it to your login data) , someone on AK may see it and offer to help. I would.
John
 
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