I could do with some reassurance from some of our resident experts.
The situation is as follows. In a two way, I am using a compression driver, whose recommendations are for a 12bd per octave slope at 600hz or higher. Power handling is 30w/60w peak.
I am using an active crossover and employing a first order slope at 750hz. To complicate matters, I am then putting a 33uf cap in series with the driver to offer protection from switch on.
Now my main question is, in this setup, does that 33uf cap act as an additional first order slope below 375hz, making a summed 2nd order slope below that frequency with the two first order slopes (one active one passive)?
I really need to know if that's the case. It must be as far as I can see but some clarification would help as people are warning me against using this first order slope. If the passive cap does turn the existing 1st order into a second order then the power demands seem to be perfectly safe and within recommended guidelines. Or am I getting horribly confused?