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<blockquote data-quote="Fast1one" data-source="post: 3563445" data-attributes="member: 567387">But blose is amazing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gifSeriously though, there are ways to combat the issues with full range drivers, and there are many that can play the majority of the 10 octaves effectively in the right enclosure...I still say if the driver has a great response, then use it full range, most of the problems are associated with the shape of the baffle, which is why we use &quot;suprabaffles&quot; to combat diffraction<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/planet10/forum/olsen-baffleshape-fr.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />As you can see, ideally we want a shape that resembles a sphere with a trailing edge, however its difficult to do without a lathe, so the next best thing is the truncated pyramid which is very easy to make.I state once again, best crossover is no crossover, so why use one if the driver has a natural (smooth) rolloff in stock form? Again, I would have to see the response graph for the specific driver...Edit: Didn&#039;t see the graph! That nasty peak at 10K would need a notch filter or EQing, but otherwise the response slowly goes down as it approaches 20k, which is ideal. A simple 2uF cap on the tweeter and the drivers wired in parallel would work great, however I don&#039;t like the response between 1-2k //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gifBTW nice color!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fast1one, post: 3563445, member: 567387"] But blose is amazing [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] Seriously though, there are ways to combat the issues with full range drivers, and there are many that can play the majority of the 10 octaves effectively in the right enclosure... I still say if the driver has a great response, then use it full range, most of the problems are associated with the shape of the baffle, which is why we use "suprabaffles" to combat diffraction [IMG]http://homepage.mac.com/planet10/forum/olsen-baffleshape-fr.gif[/IMG] As you can see, ideally we want a shape that resembles a sphere with a trailing edge, however its difficult to do without a lathe, so the next best thing is the truncated pyramid which is very easy to make. I state once again, best crossover is no crossover, so why use one if the driver has a natural (smooth) rolloff in stock form? Again, I would have to see the response graph for the specific driver... Edit: Didn't see the graph! That nasty peak at 10K would need a notch filter or EQing, but otherwise the response slowly goes down as it approaches 20k, which is ideal. A simple 2uF cap on the tweeter and the drivers wired in parallel would work great, however I don't like the response between 1-2k [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif[/IMG] BTW nice color! [/QUOTE]

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