Quote Originally Posted by Seadweller View Post
Thanks Aditya! Please forgive my ignorance; I have an additional question, but I'm not sure how to ask it...

In Vuki's XO, is it possible to change the degree of the slope as it approaches the crossover point? In other words, can the response be tapered off more aggressively as the crossover point nears, by changing the capacitor value for example? I believe Vuki mentioned that you cannot control this with an L-Pad.

I'm still struggling to learn this stuff!
Hi Seadweller,
First thing is ....you are most welcome to ask your doubts.

Coming back to your question..........

I am a little confused here as to what exactly you mean or want here.

Have you already tried this crossover and still find it shouty or it is just an academic question ?

B'coz this crossover of Vuki has already done a very aggressive cut at the area of that shouty-ness. It seems to me to be nearly (-)15dB around 2.5/3KHz area which creates that shoutyness. Any further cut is really not necessary.

Yes, you can adjust the slope by changing the caps, and I had suggested the same to you in my earlier post as a starter kind of a thing. But changing the caps alone also has its limitations unless you also change the coils. For the woofers caps change the 2nd slope and thus its angle/knee, whereas the coils set the first slope. In the case of tweeters the reverse happens.

I will suggest you to go ahead & try this crossover. It will do the job. Buy the cheapest components and assemble the whole thing on the floor with the wire-connections hand-twisted. Hear the results, and if necessary slightly fine tune it. Once confirmed about the results......replace with quality components.

But first confirm a leak-proof cabinet (it is VV important), and have/borrow a good amp/source setup.

Aditya