This might be a very easy question which I just have failed to grasp.
From reading around here, seems like most people cross their sub pretty low, between 50 - 80Hz.
From reading some more, there are a few who actually cross theirs on the higher region - 100Hz, maybe 150.
My question is, do most people cross it so low because their subs can't handle playing high or is it just generally better?
With very little experience myself, crossing higher seems to make more sense to me. Especially in a 2-way front stage. Granted, most people do 3way active on here. But in a 2way, you'll only have 2 speakers to cover the full range, I find it hard to find a good value 1" small format tweeter that plays well low, and equally hard to find a good 6.5" woofer that plays well high enough to match a tweeter while doing well enough in the sub-100Hz department. Of course they exists, but still options are limited because of this. So to me it kind of makes sense to let the sub take over sub-150Hz, and let the woofer have a much easier time handling all the way up to 3-4kHz.
In alot of 2way systems on here I notice that the 1kHz-3kHz range( the general cross over point for 2 ways) is relatively neglected - in that the midbass aren't at their best and the tweeters can just keep up at the region. Obviously most people actually have a nice large format tweeter on the A-pillar to overcome this. But I do not understand why nearly ALL emphasis is focused on the midbass region - around 80Hz. 6.5" is pretty small for sub-100Hz duty, and Xmax will need to be high to allow any good performance, which in turn makes other things suffer such as sensitivity etc. Why don't people just let the sub handle that?
there must be good reasons that I don't know yet. I do understand why you wouldn't want to let the sub touch anything above 150Hz, because any higher then people should start to be able to tell where the sound is coming from, thus pulling the stage to the back.
From reading around here, seems like most people cross their sub pretty low, between 50 - 80Hz.
From reading some more, there are a few who actually cross theirs on the higher region - 100Hz, maybe 150.
My question is, do most people cross it so low because their subs can't handle playing high or is it just generally better?
With very little experience myself, crossing higher seems to make more sense to me. Especially in a 2-way front stage. Granted, most people do 3way active on here. But in a 2way, you'll only have 2 speakers to cover the full range, I find it hard to find a good value 1" small format tweeter that plays well low, and equally hard to find a good 6.5" woofer that plays well high enough to match a tweeter while doing well enough in the sub-100Hz department. Of course they exists, but still options are limited because of this. So to me it kind of makes sense to let the sub take over sub-150Hz, and let the woofer have a much easier time handling all the way up to 3-4kHz.
In alot of 2way systems on here I notice that the 1kHz-3kHz range( the general cross over point for 2 ways) is relatively neglected - in that the midbass aren't at their best and the tweeters can just keep up at the region. Obviously most people actually have a nice large format tweeter on the A-pillar to overcome this. But I do not understand why nearly ALL emphasis is focused on the midbass region - around 80Hz. 6.5" is pretty small for sub-100Hz duty, and Xmax will need to be high to allow any good performance, which in turn makes other things suffer such as sensitivity etc. Why don't people just let the sub handle that?
there must be good reasons that I don't know yet. I do understand why you wouldn't want to let the sub touch anything above 150Hz, because any higher then people should start to be able to tell where the sound is coming from, thus pulling the stage to the back.
