SWL Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Does it matter how the woofers are wired from the crossover? Can either of the woofers be hooked up to either set of leads from the crossover? Thanks, -Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Would think that you would have a plus and minus from the x-over to the woofer plus/minus. When the mid/tweets are reversed, they are defined as out of phase so... Edit: Sorry, are both leads to woofers the same length? Probably...hmmmnnn Sorry, still not any help! Edited March 28, 2015 by billybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Obviously....but without having opened up the cab yet I guess I'm asking if they're wired in series or in parallel......and if they're in parallel would it matter how they are hooked up to the crossover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Sorry, had to edit my post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 If I am understanding you correctly, it should not matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebse2a3 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Here is a KLF 20 schematic with wire description which shows Klipsch used the same length wire and woofers are wired in parallel. Note: Tweeter is wired in reverse polarity. Here is the KLF 30 schematic as posted in the crossover thread of the technical forum section and I would expect woofers are in parallel as in the KLF 20 Edited March 28, 2015 by mikebse2a3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Note: Tweeter is wired in reverse polarity. Thanks Mike. Soooo.....would that mean that Klipsch marked the terminals on the tweeter accordingly or should I hook up the polarity opposite of the +/- markings? I've tried the mids with reversed polarity (sounded awful) but never tried the tweets. It seems that I just read a thread here recently about someone (maybe Fish?) bought some 30's and the tweets were hooked up backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Well, I just went ahead and did it. Wow. 1. The soundstage opened up. 2. More detail. 3. My wife came home and asked if I bought better speakers. 4. Nah......just yankin yer chain. Edited March 28, 2015 by SWL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Usually there is no difference in measured response with polarity change in an 18dB tweeter crossover. Audibly there may be a very small change, if it's hard to decide which is best, flip a coin. Edited March 29, 2015 by djk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cradeldorf Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Glad to hear they opened up for ya, I knew they could be deep sounding. Green to the positive is how I have mine. But I have the original phragms. Edited March 29, 2015 by cradeldorf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Well, I just went ahead and did it. Wow. 1. The soundstage opened up. 2. More detail. 3. My wife came home and asked if I bought better speakers. 4. Nah......just yankin yer chain. fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cradeldorf Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Usually there is no difference in measured response with polarity change in an 18dB tweeter crossover. Audibly there may be a very small change, if it's hard to decide which is best, flip a coin. Edited March 29, 2015 by cradeldorf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 the problem is resolved - great news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Switched the polarity back to 'normal' on the tweeters and this definitely sounds better.....it sounds 'right'. I've noticed over the last couple months of tweaking that as far as drivers polarity being reversed, it is much more audible with the low frequencies (woofers) and less audible but still very noticeable with the tweeters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cradeldorf Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 It would be nice if our ears would quit playing tricks on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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