[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Hi brucek,

Well, the BFD’s meters are well below clipping, although I did have to turn the M&K down practically to the bottom. The Swans’ amplifiers are rated for 35 watts or so, and of course that’s divided between the two speakers via a passive crossover. Plus, I don’t listen at high levels, so it may well be that I’m not be driving more than a few watts to the woofer.

Are you sure you don't need to attenuate the level with a divider?

Obviously I need to do something... It occurred to me after dropping the last post that a crossover in front of the speakers won’t work as I want, as it will leave me controlling the volume from either the sound card or the crossover’s input control. I found a chart on Swans’ website that shows response dropping about 20 dB/octave below 100 Hz, so maybe I don’t need to high-pass them, just attenuate my speaker level outputs to the BFD, as you suggested. Any recommendations for that?

Regards,
Wayne