My technical question that I should have asked before is if the circuit is not effective, how can I have the components in-line and still have the speakers produce sound? Wouldn't something short?
DIY Cheap crossover parts effect on frequency response
If anyone on these forums can help, I'd appreciate it.
I'm building my first set of speakers. I have done months of research on drivers, designing crossovers, cabinet considerations, so let's please leave that aside.
I thought I would be clever and buy much cheaper parts than what I was planning on buying with equivalent specs to confirm the theoretical changes I was seeing in VituxCAD. I made three measurements using REW and my UMIK-1:
1) No crossover
2) Proposed first order crossover
3) First order crossover with a 1.5Ohm resistor in the woofer circuit intended to bring down a 100Hz peak.
The resulting sweeps are telling me that the crossover I designed does not have an effect below 1k Hz.
(Trying to eliminate other variables) The room is poorly treated, the results are still consistent within the room. I am confident that my wiring/soldering skills have not derailed this circuit. Am I missing anything else?
Is it really just the cheapness of the parts? If I'm going to spend hundreds of dollars on parts, I want to have some amount of confidence in their effectiveness. The cheaper attempt already cost $75, and getting entry-level audio components before buying what I wanted in the first place makes me uneasy.
Thanks