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Adding DE250 to 4 Pi? [message #52710] Tue, 07 October 2008 10:24 Go to next message
GarlandGarland is currently offline  GarlandGarland
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Wayne or others,

I've updated the crossover and love the sound. Now I've purchased a pair of B&C DE250 drivers to go in. Am I right to assume that I hook them up as in the crossover schematic, with the black post to wire 1+ and the red to 1- and the woofer red to 2+ and black to 2-? Are the two drivers out of phase?

Just want to make sure I hook em up right the first time!

Thanks,

Garland

Re: Adding DE250 to 4 Pi? [message #52711 is a reply to message #52710] Tue, 07 October 2008 11:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Matts is currently offline  Matts
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B&C's are like many JBL's- the black is forward motion with pos. signal, opposite of most other speakers. I put a B&C in one side of mine to a/b them, and the result clear to all who listened.

Re: Adding DE250 to 4 Pi? [message #52712 is a reply to message #52710] Tue, 07 October 2008 12:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Connect the drivers as shown in the schematic. Also, be sure to change R1 and R2, because voltage sensitivity of the DE250 is a little higher than the PSD2002.



Re: Adding DE250 to 4 Pi? [message #52714 is a reply to message #52712] Tue, 07 October 2008 15:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GarlandGarland is currently offline  GarlandGarland
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Hi Wayne,

I may be confused but note 6 in the crossover schematic calls for R1a, b, c and d to be changed but does not mention the R2 chain being changed. Is there an error?

G.

Re: Adding DE250 to 4 Pi? [message #52715 is a reply to message #52714] Tue, 07 October 2008 15:54 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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You're not confused, you're right. I tend to think of R1/R2 as a pair but in this case, the value of R2 remains the same. Here's a chart of R1/R2 values at various padding levels:

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