Crossover Design Notes

Bamberg Series 5 TM Monitor

  • The trap circuit used to subdue the primary woofer cone resonance mode at 4.9kHz is precisely tuned to each driver set, and located at the network output.
  • A third order T-network features individually damped secondary coil and shunt cap for fine control over woofer SPL amplitude and phase response from 200 to 10kHz.
  • An impedance trap circuit is used to flatten the tweeter resonance, which lowers stop band excursion while improving the inter-driver phase difference.
  • The tweeter bypass cap is installed across the main tweeter cap and series resistor to fine tune the filter characteristic while enhancing transparency throughout the entire treble band.
  • Careful attention has been paid to the typical “trouble spots.” By way of BESL proprietary measurement technique, the woofer response has been thoroughly characterized and optimized to match a level pass-band target. This ensures a rich tonal balance for which all Bamberg speakers are known.
  • The tweeter network transfer function has been carefully adjusted until the low treble sounds neither overly forward nor reticent, including across a wide listening window. Excellent phase coherency ensures full summation throughout the blend region, which improves definition and focus, and increases depth of sound stage.
  • Since 1999, the entire crossover has undergone sufficiently minor iterations. You should only need to experiment with speaker placement and room treatment.
  • Check the review section to read just how many customers have discovered this speaker’s truly neutral and clear voice during their extensive listening evaluations!