To attenuate the woofer, just use a resistor or L-Pad

In Reply to: But Mike says the tweeter is the less efficient driver (nt) posted by Patrick Kopson on January 13, 2003 at 06:17:41:

If a person wants to attenuate a voice coil driver, then use a resistor network or L-Pad. Usually a Zobel or some kind of impedance compensation is also desirable, so I would suggest combining the function of L-Pad and compensator. Usually, voice coil drivers have quite a bit of inductance in addition to resistance, so the system benefits from this kind of arrangement.
Still, if I had to pad down a midwoofer in a two-way system, I'd probably consider using a different tweeter.

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Re: To attenuate the woofer, just use a resistor or L-Pad - Mike C 15:27:39 01/13/03 (1)
- Electrical filters - Wayne Parham 15:57:27 01/13/03 (0)