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In Reply to: Sensitivity posted by fred g on October 23, 2010 at 12:56:28:
>When a crossover is added to the equation does it change the sensitivity?
>More, less or about the same?
Less or the same with only one driver in each pass band.
Speakers built for use away from walls are usually padded down 3-5dB at high frequencies to match their low frequency SPL below the baffle step where they've gone from half space to full-space radiation.
Where the woofer is being used above a few hundred hertz (where baffle step would be) and above floor level that's probably your situation.
OTOH, a floor mounted woofer is picking up 5-6dB since it starts off operating into quarter space and transitions to half space. System sensitivity would be that of the higher frequency drivers.
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