Passive crossovers, explained by an engineer

It's not the first time we've dealt with crossovers, we've talked about the active ones earlier, but there's so much more to talk about: typology, resistors, capacitors, slope, you name it. So we decided to revisit crossovers at the HIGH END show in Munich, focusing on the passive ones, together with our Acoustician, Alex Newman.

A new level of high-end listening
may 2018
1 min
with , Contributor Dynaudio
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