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  1. Mark Batchelor

    Compression Driver wattage.??

    Thank you Perry you have been the most helpful!!
  2. Mark Batchelor

    Compression Driver wattage.??

    Thanks everyone The wedges are 30 years old I got them off Facebook $100 pair . After gutting them re painting and re wiring I was left with two bangers for the Band room . Tweeters were a bit week so I pinched couple of driers out of another set .Bingo all working x-overs all good so I got...
  3. Mark Batchelor

    Compression Driver wattage.??

    Yes........ Thankyou Carl thats the spirit! may be a capacitor or something here or there But Ive got a better idea now thanks again . So as rule of thumb I could say use a compression driver of 10% of the woofer wattage and turn it up.!!
  4. Mark Batchelor

    Compression Driver wattage.??

    Yeah thanks, its old school wedge just wanted a ball park idea no way of knowing the woofer wattage but I imagine they would be around 300 watt Etone vintage drivers. So I got 30 watt compression drivers off eBay to replace the pezio Motorola bullets I found in them. I just wanted to know the...
  5. Mark Batchelor

    Compression Driver wattage.??

    Hi there , my first post . I have a question that bugs me . I fix , make two way monitor and FOH cabinets,and my dumb question is. If the woofer is ,say 300 watts rms @ 8 ohms. What should the compression driver wattage and ohms be.?Given there is a Xover involved. any help greatly aprieciated...