karatestu wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 6:18 pm
So all that work for nothing ? I know how that feels
Not so much ... I'm going to put the drivers in an open baffle config for my hobby room.
I have however decided to make a cabinet that is a little bit wider and deeper than the current Dali's and mount an upward firing 8" Ciare subwoofer driver, and use the drivers from a pair of Gale silver monitors (in a sealed cabinet in a cabinet) firing to the front.
The plan is to use the M600's to drive the low frequency through a RC Low Pass filter (-20db) or a Linkwitz Riley 2nd order crossover (-12db) the gale drivers will have a RC high pass filter in front of the current 1st order crossover and will be driven by the S300. Crossover frequency will be around 300Hz. The Ciare HWB200-4 drivers have a flat response up to 500Hz, and the 5 1/4 Gale can only go down to 70ish Hz so I don't see the point of crossing over at 100hz which would be normal for a sub driver.
So, to the point of this rambling. Rather than put the crossovers/ low/high pass filters in the speakers, which would obviously require 10W resistors, is there any reason why I couldn't put them between the Pre and power amps? That way I can use lower wattage resistors, and the amplifiers will be doing their stuff with less signal.