• RE: IME dipoles do not respond well to typical symmetrical steep crossovers - neolith 17:17:57 10/18/16 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: IME dipoles do not respond well to typical symmetrical steep crossovers posted by Roger Gustavsson on October 18, 2016 at 03:42:34

  The polarity needs to remain inverted - remember Magnepan did not mention changing the polarity with their recommendation.

  Here is the OEM xo (LP 4th order @ 280 and HP 1st order @ 200):
  

  and here is the Magnepan recommended xo for biamping (LP 3rd order @ 250 and HP 1st order @ 200):
  

  In either case the filters need to be "phase aligned". The output curves are similar and I expect good success with either but the 4th order will be closer to the original voicing.
  
  
  
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  • RE: IME dipoles do not respond well to typical symmetrical steep crossovers - Satie 08:52:31 10/19/16 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: IME dipoles do not respond well to typical symmetrical steep crossovers posted by neolith on October 18, 2016 at 17:17:57

    The acoustic rolloff of the midrange is between 2nd and 3rd order so the combined XO is legit in either alignment. In my case, with a line of Neo8 the rolloff is rather clearly 2nd order so the 3rd order alignment has clear benefit. Besides which, the 3rd order Ashly XO I use for the bottom LP has more flexibility with its Q control so you have a family of roloffs at any freq you are trying. .
    

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• Yes, of course that is implicit they should be connected to match the panel's connections - Timbo in Oz 13:37:00 10/18/16 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: IME dipoles do not respond well to typical symmetrical steep crossovers posted by Roger Gustavsson on October 18, 2016 at 03:42:34

  That is implicit with odd order slopes.
  
  
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