millercarbon, how (besides reading) do we learn if we don't ask? Even students have teachers. Nobody starts out an expert :) oldhvymec, sounds like you might've built speakers. What kind? Never knew there were specific drivers for open baffle. Once I get a grasp on crossovers I'll get to work. One things for sure, coaxials take up less space...
Speaker crossovers
I want to dip my toe in making a pair of DIY open baffle speakers using one 15 inch coaxial driver per speaker. Can anyone explain (at the 4th grade level :) why I need crossovers for coaxial drivers? Seems to me if I need crossovers, I might as well use separate drivers. I ask because I'd like to use a couple of these:
https://www.bcspeakers.com/en/products/coaxial/15-0/8/15cxn76
To complicate things the specs recommend XO-4 crossovers which I've found only to be manufactured in Italy. I thought the whole advantage to using coaxial drivers was so one wouldn't have to bother with crossovers. Guess I'm wrong. Please explain why and how one would hook up the crossovers. Also, what would happen if I didn't use crossovers (decrease the sound quality of the drivers or amp? Destroy or damage one or both)? Are there any high quality 15 inch coaxial drivers with "built-in" crossovers? I need "simple" :(
https://www.bcspeakers.com/en/products/coaxial/15-0/8/15cxn76
To complicate things the specs recommend XO-4 crossovers which I've found only to be manufactured in Italy. I thought the whole advantage to using coaxial drivers was so one wouldn't have to bother with crossovers. Guess I'm wrong. Please explain why and how one would hook up the crossovers. Also, what would happen if I didn't use crossovers (decrease the sound quality of the drivers or amp? Destroy or damage one or both)? Are there any high quality 15 inch coaxial drivers with "built-in" crossovers? I need "simple" :(