Crossover Description.

jakelm

Hi all. I just wanted to ask. As long as I have tinkered with electronics, it has never been clear to me what the "order" is in a crossover config (1st order, 2nd order, 3rd order. etc). Can someone explian this to me? For example this crossover for my Polk Monitor 7b's.

Thanks
Jake

BlueMDPicker

Here's a nice read, Jake.

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/viewpoint/0403/aachapter43.htm

jakelm

Thanks Blue, So my crossovers in my 7b's are 4th order?

Systems

jakelm wrote:

Thanks Blue, So my crossovers in my 7b's are 4th order?

Your crossovers consist of a 2nd order elecrical filter on the tweeter and a 2nd order on the woofer,but when it is combined with the drivers response the actual acoustical response may be closer to 4th order.