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2nd Sep 2021, 11:23 am | #21 |
Octode
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Herts. UK.
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Re: Homebrew guitar amp, speaker mismatch
People are getting muddled with series and parallel.
Wire the bass speaker directly to the amp and the tweeter (with its cap in series with it) across the bass speaker. Maintain polarity. |
2nd Sep 2021, 2:04 pm | #22 | |
Triode
Join Date: May 2021
Location: London, UK.
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Re: Homebrew guitar amp, speaker mismatch
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I was speculating whether it might be possible to have the woofer and tweeter in series but the inclusion of a capacitor somewhere in the wiring to protect the tweeter. Is that possible? I'm out of my depth really. |
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2nd Sep 2021, 4:47 pm | #23 | |
Heptode
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Swaffham, Norfolk, UK.
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Re: Homebrew guitar amp, speaker mismatch
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You say you're not worried about the efficiency, so why not just put the extra 8-10 ohms in series with the speaker as was suggested to you before? If you want a little more top end to the sound you could put a non polarized capacitor of up to a few microfarads across that resistor. |
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2nd Sep 2021, 5:05 pm | #24 | ||
Triode
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Location: London, UK.
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Re: Homebrew guitar amp, speaker mismatch
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2nd Sep 2021, 5:34 pm | #25 |
Heptode
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Location: Swaffham, Norfolk, UK.
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Re: Homebrew guitar amp, speaker mismatch
Doing that you may as well go straight across with one cap.
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2nd Sep 2021, 5:44 pm | #26 |
Triode
Join Date: May 2021
Location: London, UK.
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2nd Sep 2021, 5:52 pm | #27 |
Heptode
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Swaffham, Norfolk, UK.
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Re: Homebrew guitar amp, speaker mismatch
Personal taste can't be analysed, it can't hurt so try it! The higher the value the lower frequencies then start getting through it would be a good place to start.
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2nd Sep 2021, 9:44 pm | #28 |
Triode
Join Date: May 2021
Location: London, UK.
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Re: Homebrew guitar amp, speaker mismatch
Great. Thank you, G.Castle.
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