Leap Crossover Designs by Madisound

Leap Crossover Designs by Madisound

Please note, every design is different. We do not build specific-order crossovers. In other words, we do not necessarily design for 6/12, 18/12. We design what is required for the acoustic response of the drivers, and the networks are often a hybrid.

If we require more information, Madisound will contact you once you've placed an order. Please include daytime contact information when you place an order and/or your preferred email address.

If ordering a LEAP design only, the results will be emailed to you as a PDF file. There is no shipping charge. If a shipping charge appears during checkout it will be refunded.

Upon request, we will provide you a quote for assembled crossovers based on your LEAP design.

Madisound professionally assembled crossovers based on your LEAP design can also be a time saving measure. You can choose the caps, coils and resistors from our stock that you prefer - or we can make recommendations based on the drivers being used and your budget. We simply charge you the cost of those parts and a nominal fee for assembly.

Crossover Design Pricing

Choose the type of crossover you want (above).

Prices are for the design only. Parts and assembly are priced separately. Assembled crossovers vary in cost, depending on the quality of the components that are selected. 

Ordering a LEAP Design

What drivers are you using? They must be Madisound stock items, or drivers we have carried/measured in the past.

What are your box volumes? Do you wish us to determine them for you?

Would you like a quote on assembled crossovers when the design is complete?

Do you have a choice of brands or would you like us to recommend?

Please include your answers to the above questions in the drop down menu & "comments" section of your order.

Crossover Design with LEAP Software

We can provide you with fully developed filter systems in a fraction of the time previously necessary.

Crossover design has significantly evolved over the years. In the past you had to start with a theoretical design and then spend weeks tweaking until you came up with a crossover that sounded pretty good, but probably was not as good as it could be.

Madisound's Crossover Design Process

Madisound begins by taking all driver response and impedance measurements in our anechoic chamber using the Audio Precision measurement system.

We then export this data into the LEAP filter analysis program by Linearx. With the Leap program we can plot what would be an ideal curve for each driver, and then use Leap to try different filter values against the actual driver response curves, continually selecting those parts that bring the actual curve to that of the ideal curve. We then look at the total system response curve and select parts to match the ideal system response.

The result is a flat response curve, to the limits of the selected driver responses. This method can be repeated for impedance correction to create an ideal impedance magnitude response. The finished design is excellent, and a good value!

If you have an existing crossover design that you would like us to build professionally assembled crossovers for, please email us the schematic and we will provide you quote.