What capacitor values?


I have custom-made 3 way sealed box speakers with 12" Hokutone paper woofers run full range (wired directly to the speaker terminals).
The 5 1/2" Scanspeak Woofer/Mid has 1 capacitor with no coils, inductors or resistors.
The 1" silk dome Scanspeak Revelator tweeter has 1 capacitor with no coils, inductors or resistors.
What value capacitors would you suggest for the Mids and the Tweeters?
The existing capacitor values may not necessarily be ideal?
halcro

Showing 1 response by bigtee

This depends on a lot of factors and is complicated. You shouldn't guess at this. Search the web for crossovers. You'll see you need the specifications for the drivers to put into a formula for high and low pass.
I would roll the woofer out at some point. I don't think it's a good idea to run a 12" woofer without taking it out. A woofer this big doesn't do mids very well and could operate out of its passband.
Go to the Scanspeak sight for more information.
BTW, you are using a simple 6db crossover. Of course this doesn't mean the speakers would be phase correct or time aligned. Good luck.