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<blockquote data-quote="Jakerrr" data-source="post: 8442633" data-attributes="member: 637923">All I am saying is the tweeter and woofer connected to the same crossover will be 180 degrees out of phase with respect to each other, so one of them must be wired in reverse polarity. Practically every single audio site explains it like that.&quot;If the speakers are wired with the same polarity (the positive speaker wire connected to the positive terminal of each speaker) the connection is in-phase. For 12dB/octave crossovers, this connection will result in a deep dip in the output response at the crossover point. To get a flat response (or close to flat for alignments other than Linkwitz-Riley), you must wire one speaker out of phase (typically, the tweeter is wired out of phase).&quot;<a href="http://www.bcae1.com/xoorder.htm" target="_blank">Passive Crossover Slopes</a>I&#039;m not sure what you thought I was confused about, but wiring the tweeter in reverse in 2nd order x-overs is universally explained through every audio website. I&#039;m just wondering if the company who manufactures a component speaker system takes this into account and labels their tweeter terminals in reverse, or if they expect the customer to take care of the problem themselves or ignore it</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jakerrr, post: 8442633, member: 637923"] All I am saying is the tweeter and woofer connected to the same crossover will be 180 degrees out of phase with respect to each other, so one of them must be wired in reverse polarity. Practically every single audio site explains it like that. "If the speakers are wired with the same polarity (the positive speaker wire connected to the positive terminal of each speaker) the connection is in-phase. For 12dB/octave crossovers, this connection will result in a deep dip in the output response at the crossover point. To get a flat response (or close to flat for alignments other than Linkwitz-Riley), you must wire one speaker out of phase (typically, the tweeter is wired out of phase)." [URL="http://www.bcae1.com/xoorder.htm"]Passive Crossover Slopes[/URL] I'm not sure what you thought I was confused about, but wiring the tweeter in reverse in 2nd order x-overs is universally explained through every audio website. I'm just wondering if the company who manufactures a component speaker system takes this into account and labels their tweeter terminals in reverse, or if they expect the customer to take care of the problem themselves or ignore it [/QUOTE]

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