BAFFLE STEP CORRECTION CALCULATOR

By Hong Nguyen
Enter values in yellow cells. For multiple drivers, be sure to use net values for Re and Le

DC VOICE COIL RESISTANCE (Re) VOICE COIL INDUCTANCE (Lvc) BAFFLE WIDTH ZOBEL RESISTANCE (RZobel) ZOBEL CAPACITANCE (CZobel) F3 CORRECTION dB 1 2 3
Resistor & Inductor are connected in parallel to form BSC network. BSC then connected in series between speaker and source

8 0.4 11 10.00 4.00 414.55

mH in

uF Hz

CONNECTION

COMPONENTS

Rparallel ()
1.0 2.1 3.3 4.7 6.2 8.0 9.9 12.1 14.5 17.3

LBSC (mH) 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.8 4.6 5.6 6.6

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Simple Sizing of the Components in a Baffle Step Correction Circuit By Martin J. King, 2/24/04 (revised 7/23/05) http://www.quarter-wave.com/General/BSC_Sizing.pdf

LBSC

R parallel eg
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R obel Z

D river CZobel
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