Why do you need a speaker crossover - discuss

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Originally Posted by nat8808

Has anyone ever taken a bowling ball and hollowed it out?? Next time I see a couple at a car boot, I may pick them up!

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Back in the 70's someone produced a speaker with a full range driver (Eagle I think) fixed in the top of a goldfish bowl. They sold it commercially and it was relatively successful.

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Originally Posted by Welder

You need a crossover to allow individual drivers to work within their optimal frequency range :)

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Nice to see you back John:)

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Originally Posted by Dr Bunsen Honeydew

Back in the 70's someone produced a speaker with a full range driver (Eagle I think) fixed in the top of a goldfish bowl. They sold it commercially and it was relatively successful.

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Excellent :lol:

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Originally Posted by Dr Bunsen Honeydew

Back in the 70's someone produced a speaker with a full range driver (Eagle I think) fixed in the top of a goldfish bowl. They sold it commercially and it was relatively successful.

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I used Bandor units in a very similar way, a long time ago now.
Anthony,TD...

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Originally Posted by Welder

You need a crossover to allow individual drivers to work within their optimal frequency range :)

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Yo, mate - a very warm welcome back :) Hope it's not just a fleeting visit! :cool:

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Welder

You need a crossover to allow individual inadequately engineered drivers to work within their optimal frequency range :)

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Fixt! :whistle:

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Originally Posted by Dr Bunsen Honeydew

I listened to *all* the new speakers that appeared on the market during the early 70's when the BBC designs appeared, up to 1977 and they were all bland, undynamic and one trick ponies.

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Is this statement pertaining to all or just BBC influenced speakers?

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Originally Posted by BTH K10A

Is this statement pertaining to all or just BBC influenced speakers?

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We had agreement to borrow anything new from a couple of existing AR dealers, or we would go and do it in the shop. I don't know of any early to mid 70's widely marketed speakers we didn't get to listen to.

Your experience is obviously different to mine. I thought speakers like the JBL L100, L200 and especially the L300 were anything but "bland, undynamic and one trick ponies". ;)

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Originally Posted by BTH K10A

Your experience is obviously different to mine. I thought speakers like the JBL L100, L200 and especially the L300 were anything but "bland, undynamic and one trick ponies". ;)

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Sigh! you know perfectly well I was talking about the BBC design speakers amongst them.