new components, pictures

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 09, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Topic: new components, pictures

Posted By: sprawl85
Subject: new components, pictures
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 9:40 PM

What do you guys think of this crossover?

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Comments welcome... more pictures to come.

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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!

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Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 10:00 PM

Damn that looks pretty nice....clean layout

I like those zipties holding down the coil lol

Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 10:01 PM

You really want to know? How much are you willing to listen to?

1: The inductors are on the same plane - bad
2: Sand (wirewound) resistors in the tweeter path - bad
3: 5% caps (when 1% caps exist for SLIGHTLY more money) - bad
4: Wirewound resistors (inductive components) on the same plane again - bad
5: Not generally a fan of light-bulb tweeter protection - bad

I could probably come with more, but those are the "sore thumbs", that are painfully obvious to me...

For curiosity's sake, why are you asking?

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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."

Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 10:08 PM

I just wanted to know, they are a lot larger than other crossovers I have had. I was hoping one of you gurus would chime in. I guess maybe they are just bigger because everything handles more power than my other component sets.

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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!

Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 10:11 PM

6: It appears as though the woofer section is 12dB per octave, and the tweeter section is 18dB per octave. Not a huge fan of the asymmetrical crossover slope, so... - bad

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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."

Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 10:13 PM

Well they sound good, does that count for anything :) They murder my quart premiums. Not that that is anything too much, but I am happy. After I get done updating my ftp, I'll throw some more pics up.

Edit:
Here's a pic of the whole set
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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!

Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 10:19 PM

Yes, that counts for EVERYTHING... I didn't ever say they couldn't sound good to somebody, but you did ask a fairly leading question... posted_image

I just gave you what I saw as wrong with them, from a technical standpoint.

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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."

Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 10:24 PM

And that is what I was looking for really. Crossovers are usually the downfall of most component sets (or so I read). Eventually I hope to go active (especially with a list like that) but my HU isn't up to par right now.

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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!

Posted By: Flakman
Date Posted: October 09, 2006 at 11:03 PM

My ads set is about 5 years old. The x-over looks different, here's the pic. posted_image

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