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I am glad to see more people see the unbelievable differences that a series xo makes. I stumbled on to this a couple of months ago and after trying everything else, it has opened my eyes big time. I wish you would not have publicly brought this up because I want it to be kept a secret that only a few know of. Can you go back and dlete this? Just kidding. You should hear what this does with Dynaudio drivers. The attributes you mention are what I experience and yes it is so simple it's crazy. A lot of people worry about the protection of the tweeter but I have done this now on a cheap set of Home Theater speakers and after many loud and trying test, no problem. The inductor apparently gives plenty of protection. It also allows me to better hear differences in xo parts also. Before, I really did not see the benifit of Hovland caps and Gerotz AF inductors over MIT caps and Solen Perfect-lay inductors. Now I hear the difference. You can do a series as a 2, 3, 4, ect. For a 3-way just act like the mid is the tweeter and the woofer is the mid. Wiring stays the same. See this is to simple. Maybe that's why it is superior. The old saying, K(keep)I(it)S(simple)S(stupid) really applys here. The hardest thing is padding down the tweeter. Don't use a parallel resistor. You have to series here too. Jon is much more experienced than me with them. Like I said, I only stumbled on them a couple of monthsd ago. I was not going to tell very many about them. I am selfess. I am about to convert the Newform ribbon/ SS dual 8530's over to one next week. My Dyn's actually sound better than them right now. But not for long I am sure. Oh well, the secret is out. How about moving over here to the states and lets start a company with this. Yourself and I have similiar taste when it comes to design (boxless mids).

Clayton




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