Peerless HDS 830883/SEAS 27TBFCG (aka: I hope Zaph does not kill me for this!)

[Dave Bullet]

TheD,

Let me be blunt in a kind way. You give up far too easily. I don't know what theoretical knowledge you have about crossovers, but it seems to me you are trying to find a solution that gives you a crossover with a few minutes effort. I know nothing about a DCX, but I expect to exploit the best out of the drivers you have selected, you need to understand the capabilities of any technology you are applying (whether it be a passive solution or an active one like the DCX). This usually means a reasonable understanding of the underlying theory. Given you can't post any of your screen shots, source files or modeling attempts, lends me to believe you will blame the DCX when it cannot make a great sounding system.

I'm not selling the passive route over the active one, but if you build on a sound understanding of theory (cause and effect), your modeled or simulated results (either way) should only require tweaking, which can be done without expensive crossover re-design.

This approach works well for me in both software and speaker design.

Anyway - all the best. Use this post to update us when you have completed the next step.

David.

[cotdt]

Here's something simple that you could do, though unelegant, I've discovered by accident when I wanted to quickly test the Peerless back when it first came out. You could build the ModulaMT with the Peerless 830883, and simply adjust the tweeter attenuation via changing the resistor. I remember it sounded quite good, though I never got the chance to measure it. If you could do your own measurements it would be very easy to tune the crossover.