I noticed it's rare to see any designs where the tweeter is backset in relation to the woofer, allowing them to perfectly time aligned.
Is this because ?:
1) It doesn't provide any significant audio benefit
2) Its too hard (the transition between the M & T needs to be a smooth contour to avoid nasty diffraction issues)
I am building an RS150 + RS28 in a PE .25 box. For aesthetic and space limitation reasons, I am mounting the tweeter on top, at least in this first build. The tweeter will be in its own baffle, about 7.5 X 6 with sloping sides which are highly countered with a large roundover. I should be able to locate the drivers pretty close and have thought about sliding the tweeter back an inch or so to align the front of the voice coils. This of course makes a smooth transition difficult, unless I raise the tweeter even higher.
Any thoughts on the tradeoffs of aligning vs not aligning, and if I do, on raising the tweeter to allow better contour of the baffle transition hwo far is too far?
since it's an HT application I'm hoping I can get away with it; If it completely sucks I can always go back to basics and make a new main baffle
Is this because ?:
1) It doesn't provide any significant audio benefit
2) Its too hard (the transition between the M & T needs to be a smooth contour to avoid nasty diffraction issues)
I am building an RS150 + RS28 in a PE .25 box. For aesthetic and space limitation reasons, I am mounting the tweeter on top, at least in this first build. The tweeter will be in its own baffle, about 7.5 X 6 with sloping sides which are highly countered with a large roundover. I should be able to locate the drivers pretty close and have thought about sliding the tweeter back an inch or so to align the front of the voice coils. This of course makes a smooth transition difficult, unless I raise the tweeter even higher.
Any thoughts on the tradeoffs of aligning vs not aligning, and if I do, on raising the tweeter to allow better contour of the baffle transition hwo far is too far?
since it's an HT application I'm hoping I can get away with it; If it completely sucks I can always go back to basics and make a new main baffle
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