Padding A 6" Mid Driver?

[lbwdog]

OK, I've got an 18Sound 6ND410 coming, which I intend to swap into my Carvin LS1503 (w/3015LF woofer). Greenboy has always recommended padding these 3dB in the fEarful cabs, in order to match sensitivity with the Kappalite woofer.

My question is....Is there a simple way of doing this without getting into the crossover? For instance, a resistor across the speaker terminals or something.

I'm using the stock Carvin 3-way crossover.

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by lbwdog

OK, I've got an 18Sound 6ND410 coming, which I intend to swap into my Carvin LS1503 (w/3015LF woofer). Greenboy has always recommended padding these 3dB in the fEarful cabs, in order to match sensitivity with the Kappalite woofer.

My question is....Is there a simple way of doing this without getting into the crossover? For instance, a resistor across the speaker terminals or something.

I'm using the stock Carvin 3-way crossover.

???

Just build a fixed 8 ohm L-pad and put it after the crossover and before the mid driver, just like the fEarful crossover schematics show. Greenboy plays with the impedances a bit in his designs, so if using a generic crossover, also use a generic L-Pad, not one of his. 3.5dB is a more convenient number since you can do the whole thing using five 8 ohm resistors.

PM me if you need more info. I may still have the Carvin crossover schematic kicking around.

[BurningSkies]

Originally Posted by Passinwind

???

Just build a fixed 8 ohm L-pad and put it after the crossover and before the mid driver, just like the fEarful crossover schematics show. Greenboy plays with the impedances a bit in his designs, so if using a generic crossover, also use a generic L-Pad, not one of his. 3.5dB is a more convenient number since you can do the whole thing using five 8 ohm resistors.

PM me if you need more info. I may still have the Carvin crossover schematic kicking around.

[BassmanPaul]

I'm sure you know but just in case, those resistors will not get close to their rated wattages without being mounted on a heatsink.

[BurningSkies]

Originally Posted by BassmanPaul

I'm sure you know but just in case, those resistors will not get close to their rated wattages without being mounted on a heatsink.

They shouldn't need to with the wattages they're seeing.