Audio grade inductors – Types used in speaker crossovers
What type of inductor should I use for my crossover? Isn’t it obvious? You should be using audio grade inductors. But what makes an inductor suitable for an audio crossover?…
Best audiophile capacitors for crossover design
Audio grade capacitor types Before we talk about which are the best audiophile capacitors, let’s talk about what a capacitor is in the first place. A capacitor is one of…
Port air velocity calculator – using WinISD
How to determine the air velocity of your bass reflex port? Wouldn’t it be awesome to have a port air velocity calculator to tell you if your port is gonna…
3 way passive crossover design – using XSim
How to make a 3 way crossover? Making a 3 way passive crossover design is pretty challenging. While a 2 way design is pretty straightforward, a 3 way crossover is…
Speaker acoustic center – How to find it
How to determine speaker acoustic center? First of all, determining the speaker acoustic center is useful when designing loudspeaker crossovers. The point from where the speaker is radiating sound is…
Internal standing waves – How to eliminate them from speaker boxes
How to deal with unwanted enclosure resonances? Dealing with internal standing waves can be a pain. These are most often encountered when building floorstanding speakers. Since they have a more…
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