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subwoofer crossover perhaps i am misunderstanding....

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i was of the understanding that a crossovers functions was to filter out sound frequencies above or below a certain hz.
i was mucking around with a tone generator program tonight, and i noticed that no matter where i set the frequency crossover dial on my new sub (40-180Hz) it would still play a tone all the way up to 210Hz irrelivant of where i set the crossover dial to ie. i set the dial to 40Hz and then played a 120hz tone, the only difference the frequency crossover dial seems to make is the volume of the sound(there is a seperate volume control dial)

am i missing something about crossovers? shouldn't there be no sound coming out unless the frequency is in the specified range of the dial?

i dunno...i think i am missing something..and i am prolly gunna feel stupid when someone answers this..but it just seems like my sub is playing to much of the wrong noise

Thanks for the help...

Follow Ups:

If you can hear male voices through your subwoofer, then you need a lower Xover frequency or steeper filtering - Richard BassNut Greene 07:38:20 05/07/08 (0)
RE: subwoofer crossover perhaps i am misunderstanding.... - Jim in Blacksburg 05:42:36 05/07/08 (4)
- Not quite ... - andyr 17:33:01 05/08/08 (1)
  - RE: Not quite ... - Jim in Blacksburg 10:14:19 05/09/08 (0)
- RE: subwoofer crossover perhaps i am misunderstanding.... - gymwear5@hotmail.com 11:37:42 05/07/08 (0)
- RE: subwoofer crossover perhaps i am misunderstanding.... - Jim in Blacksburg 05:46:27 05/07/08 (0)

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