adoerschel

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Homemade sub used with Sonus Faber Olympica III
I did it! I added the caps into the circuit changing this 1st order 45hz to a 2nd order 57hz XO. And that was indeed the problem. The JBLs add SO much low bass to the system. And there is no integration necessary as they are crossed over very low ... 
Homemade sub used with Sonus Faber Olympica III
Erik,The JBL is connected to the same + and - binding post as one of the SFs.I did not measure the woofer impedance at 45hz. The woofer itself is 8 ohms impedance wise so I just calculated that. I overlapped by 15 hz to make sure I was covered. I ... 
Homemade sub used with Sonus Faber Olympica III
I should also say that the JBL by itself in this situation puts out, lets say on a scale of 0-10 where 10 is the best bass that can be imagined, bass that is a 7. The SFs by themselves is a 5. The SFs AND the JBL together are a 5. So there is a no... 
Homemade sub used with Sonus Faber Olympica III
Millercarbon, you say it isn't a sub and that it is just another speaker, I want to make sure I'm not missing something here. The famed 128H woofer used in the JBL L150A speaker is still in the original speaker box where nothing has changed other ... 
Homemade sub used with Sonus Faber Olympica III
Good question. I didn't specify that did I. The JBL is connected to the system by 10 AWG speaker cable to the same monoblock that one of the Olympicas is connected to. Since the Olympicas only go down to 30hz and I crossed the JBL over at 45hz, th...