Soliloquy 6.2 Very Poor Treble .....

I am absolutely confounded by this...

Question #1. Dont both L-Pads or Zobel networks require a resistor to be wired in parallel?

All the resistors in this crossover are in series. Unless you count the first one. The first component, a 6.2ohm resistor, is wired to a large Cap which has three leads one of which goes to the Coil, which is parallel. Another lead goes to a smaller Cap which feeds the tweeter positive, therefore making this a 3rd order high pass. But wait theres more, a third lead from the aforementioned large Cap also feeds a 15ohm resistor, which also feeds the tweeter positive, making this a 2nd order and a 3rd order. My head hurts! ...or is this some kind of series matching network? [Q. 1(a)]

So question #2. Since the Coil is parallel and a resistor feeds it via a Cap. Would that resistor be parallel or equivalent to parallel?

...or am I just all wrong? If so, please set me free!

That is a "cool" web-site ....How in the world did you find it ? I have put it in my favorites. I have a old rheostat that is 0-20 ohms that I'm goint put in the crossover and listen to it at different setting untel I find where they sound the best . I will then measure it and put a resistor the same value....I'm still going to try the Ribbon tweeter....I have made all the measurements and they are almost the same.....The G2-si ribbon is 110 mm and the opening on the speaker cabinet is 112 mm....

Trelja, Good morning. Yes, I can email you a picture. It may be Friday before I get a chance to fiddle again. Tonight I must rack and bottle at least 75 bottles of Bordeaux. Can you say, sore back! ...and then I promised a friend, my Wife and I would have Sushi with Him and his new girlfriend. I'll shoot you a quick note through the A'gon system tonight. If you reply then I'll attach the pic and reply directly to you. Would you prefer a certain resolution?

The Coil on the Tweeter network is absolutely parallel. It attaches to one of the three positive leads coming from the large Cap and is wired directly to the negative post from the Amp, which in turn has a jumper soldered directly to the negative post from the Tweeter.

There is one Cap (identically sized to the Tweeter Cap FWIW), a somewhat larger gauge and winding Air Coil, and one 4 ohm Ceramic Resistor on the Midwoofer Board. The Coil is absolutely in series. My memory is saying, that the Midwoofer Cap and Resistor were in series on the negative leg with the Coil in series on the positive leg. Clearly my memory failed me badly last time, so I need to reaffirm this. I'll draw this circuit next time too.

Autospec, I tried jumping all the Resistors. The 15ohm Resistor added alot of treble, too much for me. The 6.2 was a little hot as well. The 4ohm seemed best. Also, jumping only the small Cap had a profound effect on "sparkle" without allowing the lower treble ranges to come to far forward. I would give that a try too.

I thought I would post a follow up to my experiments with the crossover here so it could be archived for the future.

First off, thanks so much to Trelja. I really learned a lot from him. After analyzing my Xover circuit he helped me find just the right tweak to achieve the desired results. He is truly a gentleman and a great resource to the A'gon community.

After trying several jumps in the Xover with results each time. I finally decided to jump the 4ohm resistor with a quality 2ohm. This has added just the right amount of air. Its not permanent and to be honest, with more and more time on them (about 750 hours now), it may be that the stock configuration may be the most suitable.

Autospec, I hope you got your 6.2s sounding to your liking.