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I have a pair of 8" MTX subwoofers. I am building a box for them and I am trying to find the correct coils and capacitors to create a 100-350 hz band-pass crossover network. I am not understanding the calculator on this site. Can anyone help?
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What is the impedance of the driver?
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4 ohm
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Select the coil for 350Hz and down at 4-ohms - 2.5mH
Select the cap for 100Hz and up at 4-ohms - 285uF
Wire them in series with the woofer load, coil closest to the amplifier.
Ta daaaa.... 100-350Hz bandpass crossover at 4 ohms!
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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Awesome, thanks man.
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The above mentioned crossover network will provide a 6dB/Octave roll off.  If you need 12dB/Octave, it will take a couple more components per driver.  Let us know if you are interested in the component values for said crossover.

Second order band pass filters consist of a 12 dB high pass filter followed by a 12 dB low pass filter. Either the high pass or low pass filter may be first in line. This combination of high pass and low pass filters allow a band of frequencies between the two crossover frequencies to pass with a steeper rate of cut-off than a first order filter. The high pass crossover frequency point must be lower than the low pass crossover frequency point.

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As with the second order low pass and high pass filters, power above and below the respective crossover frequncies will be reduced by 93.75.% or 12 dB. Remember if the low pass frequency is less than 20 times the high pass frequency use this calculator for narrow band pass filters. For all others, use this calculator or the appropriate chart.

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Should the diagram in my above post have L1, C1 and L2 and C2???
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Should the diagram in my above post have L1, C1 and L2 and C2???
Yep.
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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12 dB band pass filter... no, they are the same values.

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