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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8662892" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Good components aren't cheap and it'll be a mess trying to put them together without a board. You should be able to google up a crossover design calculator if you want to try it just for the sake of trying it. Poly caps are supposedly "best", air core slightly better than iron core coils, ribbon coils supposedly best. The other thing missing is some passive crossovers are very particular about the crossover point or even have a notch filter built in to tame rough areas. You will never know where problem areas are without some RTA equipment and testing . Best would be to find some popular components for a 2 way where someone else has already done the work designing a good crossover network for. Luckily there's a lot more info out there on DIY bookshelf cabinets so if you pick popular drivers you could probably save yourself some work there.</p><p></p><p> Otherwise I suspect if you just got some generic pre-built crossovers you'd do well enough and if there was a huge issue replace components on those boards as needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8662892, member: 614752"] Good components aren't cheap and it'll be a mess trying to put them together without a board. You should be able to google up a crossover design calculator if you want to try it just for the sake of trying it. Poly caps are supposedly "best", air core slightly better than iron core coils, ribbon coils supposedly best. The other thing missing is some passive crossovers are very particular about the crossover point or even have a notch filter built in to tame rough areas. You will never know where problem areas are without some RTA equipment and testing . Best would be to find some popular components for a 2 way where someone else has already done the work designing a good crossover network for. Luckily there's a lot more info out there on DIY bookshelf cabinets so if you pick popular drivers you could probably save yourself some work there. Otherwise I suspect if you just got some generic pre-built crossovers you'd do well enough and if there was a huge issue replace components on those boards as needed. [/QUOTE]
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