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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 80822" data-attributes="member: 30">re: Listening Get TogetherYear ago we were doing the first install of a relatively famous manufacturers new cabinet design.&nbsp; It was a 3 way biamped cabinet-with a passive mid/high crossover inside.I noticed a huge (12dB) hole around 1500Hz.&nbsp; Surely that isn&#039;t correct-so I called the manufacturer and spoke to the designer (no names will be mentioned here).&nbsp; He sent me his measurements-and they SHOWED THE SAME HOLE!&nbsp; Well that is a good start anyway-we both got the same data.He said I just needed to put a 12dB boost and that would &quot;fix&quot; the problem.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t like doing that-so I went back to the shop and took apart one of the cabinets (another one for the next install) and redid the crossover to reduce the size of the dip to just a couple dB.&nbsp; So now a small boost was all that was needed to get it to where I wanted it.You should not &quot;willy nilly&quot; go around &quot;whacking away&quot; at a system.&nbsp; Sometimes you have to dig a little bit deeper to get better results and not just jump at the first &quot;obvious&quot; answer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 80822, member: 30"] re: Listening Get Together Year ago we were doing the first install of a relatively famous manufacturers new cabinet design. It was a 3 way biamped cabinet-with a passive mid/high crossover inside. I noticed a huge (12dB) hole around 1500Hz. Surely that isn't correct-so I called the manufacturer and spoke to the designer (no names will be mentioned here). He sent me his measurements-and they SHOWED THE SAME HOLE! Well that is a good start anyway-we both got the same data. He said I just needed to put a 12dB boost and that would "fix" the problem. I didn't like doing that-so I went back to the shop and took apart one of the cabinets (another one for the next install) and redid the crossover to reduce the size of the dip to just a couple dB. So now a small boost was all that was needed to get it to where I wanted it. You should not "willy nilly" go around "whacking away" at a system. Sometimes you have to dig a little bit deeper to get better results and not just jump at the first "obvious" answer. [/QUOTE]

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