Parts Express
      Shopping Cart   |   My Account   |   Sign In
   
 
The Sphericles

The Sphericles
Design Goals
Driver Selection
Enclosure Design
Enclosure Assembly
Crossover Design
Conclusion
Parts List
About the Designer
- Crossover Design -


The five pieces of this surround sound system are comprised of two distinct speaker designs. The front soundstage (left, right, and center), share the same basic configuration and rather unconventional crossover design. The tweeter plays quite low, so as to maximize off-axis performance while in the horizontal configuration. Meanwhile, the outermost pair of woofers are used only to fill in the lowest octaves of the speakers' playback. The outer and inner woofers are wired together in series, yielding a very easy impedance load. The rear surround speakers utilize a much more traditional MTM crossover design. They could use the same upper portion of the design that was used for the fronts, but I wanted to provide an alternate, more traditional design for those that might build and use these as standalone speakers. The crossover is third order acoustic, at approximately 2300 Hz.


LCR crossover

Surround Crossover




Left -Center- Right frequency response

Surround frequency response





About Us
Affiliate Program
Contact Parts Express
Link To Us
Ordering Policies
Retail Store
Security/Privacy
Sell To Us


Education Sales
Wholesale
Clearance Center
E-mail Flyer
Special Offers
Current Catalog
Current Flyer
Customer FAQs
En Español
Forms
Site Help
Tech Talk
Track Shipments

  HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.
Parts Express • 725 Pleasant Valley Dr. • Springboro, Ohio 45066 • USA
© 1996-2008 Parts Express, All Rights Reserved