Explanation of this crossover meaning?

Drumingman

My spec on my speakers say they have a
2nd order high pass and a 2nd order low pass
at 2khz.
Can some one please explain this to me?

gatemplin

Second order refers to the attenuation of the frequency response of a driver. Second order is about 12 dB attenuation per octave. 1st is 6dB and 3rd is 18 dB etc.

The corner frequency of the filters are around 2000 Hz. So by 1kHz, the tweeter is down 12 dB and by 4kHz the midrange/woofer is down 12 dB.

Hope that helps.

aaharvel

3rd & 4th orders are nice and far too rare in todays electronics. (Subwoofer high-pass)

Drumingman

Thank you for the explanation.