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<blockquote data-quote="MiniVanMan" data-source="post: 3151769" data-attributes="member: 573252"><p>Yes and no. In a 3-way you have the luxury of running your midranges a bit higher. In a 2-way with a 7" driver not so much. The point where a 7" driver starts to beam, and off-axis response starts to degrade is much lower than a 4" or 3" midrange. A 7" driver will typically start to beam around 2k, so you definitely want your tweeter to start being able to take over by that point. That is, given the midbass is mounted in the doors. Mounted in kicks on-axis is a different story.</p><p></p><p>The argument about crossover points in the middle of the midrange frequencies is valid but moot when talking about a 2-way with a 6.5 or 7" mid. It's unavoidable at that point, and one of the reasons that an active crossover is highly desireable over a passive in that you can tune the system to where you can blend the mid and tweeter as well as can be expected, with a minimal of degradation at the crossover point.</p><p></p><p>So, you want your tweeter to take over as low as it can handle in a 2-way. Remember, with door mounted drivers, we're often talking about running a midbass at 60-80 degrees off-axis. That's asking a lot from any driver.</p><p></p><p>Here's a link. I've posted it on this site before, but I'm tired of trying to find it here as it got buried.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7107" target="_blank">http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7107</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MiniVanMan, post: 3151769, member: 573252"] Yes and no. In a 3-way you have the luxury of running your midranges a bit higher. In a 2-way with a 7" driver not so much. The point where a 7" driver starts to beam, and off-axis response starts to degrade is much lower than a 4" or 3" midrange. A 7" driver will typically start to beam around 2k, so you definitely want your tweeter to start being able to take over by that point. That is, given the midbass is mounted in the doors. Mounted in kicks on-axis is a different story. The argument about crossover points in the middle of the midrange frequencies is valid but moot when talking about a 2-way with a 6.5 or 7" mid. It's unavoidable at that point, and one of the reasons that an active crossover is highly desireable over a passive in that you can tune the system to where you can blend the mid and tweeter as well as can be expected, with a minimal of degradation at the crossover point. So, you want your tweeter to take over as low as it can handle in a 2-way. Remember, with door mounted drivers, we're often talking about running a midbass at 60-80 degrees off-axis. That's asking a lot from any driver. Here's a link. I've posted it on this site before, but I'm tired of trying to find it here as it got buried. [URL="http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7107"]http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7107[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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