Quote Originally Posted by Feanor

In particular I'm interested to hear the you cut the sock rather than trying to remove it as some people suggest; I think I'd user your approach.


I doubt I'd try it, but as a matter of interest, a 2nd order high-pass would involve some increase in the capacitance (to lower the crossover point a bit) and inductor in parallel with the tweeter itself (to increase the crossover slope from 6 to 12 dB per octave). Note a 2nd order crossover induces 180 degress of phase shift so it would be necessary reverse the polarity of the tweeter -- from the diagram, it looks like the standard crossover has the tweeter opposite phase so you'd be bringing it back into phase.

Right now I user bi-wiring so I bypass the jumpers; also, I user a part of Hi-Fy Tuning fuse in place of the stock ones. These fuse are $60 a pair and make a slight, positive difference -- you'd no doubt get more improvement by simply bypassing the fuses.


Feanor, If I had to take the entire sock off, I may well not have attempted the upgrade. I'm real glad I just cut what I did.

I believe most bipolar speakers reverse polarity in the crossover between high and low frequency as this has a major effect on the depth and rebound/reverb areas of the sound.

I may tinker with bypassing the fuse at some point in the future.

tx,
Bill