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Inductor Value for Theater 4 Pi [message #34638] Thu, 03 January 2002 13:06 Go to next message
Super_BQ is currently offline  Super_BQ
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Baron
Hi Wayne,

Could I get away using a 0.56mH Inductor in the Theater 4 Pi speaker xover? It's labelled L1 in the 1K6A010dB chart and shown as 0.6mH.

Would there be any compensation difference when using 0.56mH vs. 0.60mH?

Re: Inductor Value for Theater 4 Pi [message #34641 is a reply to message #34638] Thu, 03 January 2002 15:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Yes, that's within tolerance.
Re: Inductor Value for Theater 4 Pi [message #34645 is a reply to message #34641] Fri, 04 January 2002 15:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Baron
Went to the store that sold them and was disappointed to see that the .56mH coils were small using 20 awg size wire. So far it looks like i'll be looking to make my own air core ones.

For resistors I couldn't buy values to get an exact 16ohm load @ 40 watts. Preferably i would like to use metal film ones like Caddocks but they're far far too expensive.

I've managed to find some very old "wirewound" resistors that look something not available at any component shop. The typical ceramic ones I see are rectangle in shape but these ones are round like a spring roll. I can see the wire wrapped around a ceramic roll and dipped in some baked enamel coating. The guy that sold them to me said they were used in old TV/Radios - my guess would be at least 30 years old?

Have you had any experience using these types of conponents? Sonically how do they measure up to higher quality metal film resistors used in passive xover networks?


Re: Inductor Value for Theater 4 Pi [message #34648 is a reply to message #34645] Fri, 04 January 2002 17:43 Go to previous message
BillEpstein is currently offline  BillEpstein
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15 ohm 12 watt mills mr12b non-inductive wire wound $3.95 each from Michael Percy. $64 isn't cheap, but......
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