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<blockquote data-quote="olmie75" data-source="post: 2553249" data-attributes="member: 573325">Checked on ebay, and all I could find was reference series crossovers (not sure if these would work) - Where did you find the specs on the Kappa crossover? (I checked their website &amp;amp; called tech support, and they couldn&#039;t give me any answers).I&#039;ve never built a DIY crossover before, but it seems like it could be an interesting project (nothing to lose except a pair of $200 speakers I can&#039;t use anyways).&nbsp; So I have a few basic questions on building a crossover:1) should I try to keep it simple and just do a first order crossover? (How did you determine that I needed a 3rd order crossover?)2) how is the resistance issue accounted for? (in the diagram, the drivers seem to be wired in parrallel which takes the resistance for the speaker system too low; how does this work? I&#039;m guessing it has something to do with the L-pads you mentioned, but I don&#039;t understand how determine the correct values to acheive the correct impedance)3) where do I get capacitors, inductors and L-pads for the specific values I need? (Radio Shack was my only guess, but they don&#039;t have inductors)4) Is there a resource that provides some basic instructions on the process of fabricating the crossover circuit board?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="olmie75, post: 2553249, member: 573325"] Checked on ebay, and all I could find was reference series crossovers (not sure if these would work) - Where did you find the specs on the Kappa crossover? (I checked their website & called tech support, and they couldn't give me any answers). I've never built a DIY crossover before, but it seems like it could be an interesting project (nothing to lose except a pair of $200 speakers I can't use anyways). So I have a few basic questions on building a crossover: 1) should I try to keep it simple and just do a first order crossover? (How did you determine that I needed a 3rd order crossover?) 2) how is the resistance issue accounted for? (in the diagram, the drivers seem to be wired in parrallel which takes the resistance for the speaker system too low; how does this work? I'm guessing it has something to do with the L-pads you mentioned, but I don't understand how determine the correct values to acheive the correct impedance) 3) where do I get capacitors, inductors and L-pads for the specific values I need? (Radio Shack was my only guess, but they don't have inductors) 4) Is there a resource that provides some basic instructions on the process of fabricating the crossover circuit board? [/QUOTE]

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