From gabru@comsec.net Wed Jan 05 14:34:09 2011
Subject:RE: Happy New Y.. cx-3 issue

Hi (other) Steve,
Yes this certainly could be a problem in a poorly designed PA speaker system. You are correct...this is not
a problem with the crossover frequency being "wrong". A properly designed crossover or additional midrange
with a proper crossover would be the way to go. A properly designed speaker system will sound good because
it's designed well....not because a magic crossover frequency is used. That would only be of possible benefit to
a speaker system that was poorly designed in the first place.

Cheers,

Gary

From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Cyr
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:06 AM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Happy New Y.. cx-3 issue

I think the point Steve is making is that a lot of two-way enclosures
are built with drivers that leave a gap between the frequency responses
of the low and high-frequency drivers in the vicinity of the crossover
frequency. This was certainly the case with the Roland keyboard amp
that I had. The midrange was weak because there was no midrange driver
in it's 2-way speaker system. You cannot correct this kind of
deficiency by changing the crossover frequency - the only solution is to
add a midrange driver and a three-way crossover. The amp sounded good
with some keyboard patches (organ, for example) but with others (pianos
for example) it just did not sound right. :-)

--The Other Steve

On 1/4/2011 10:53 PM, Gary Brumm wrote:
> Hi Shawn,
>