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Modding the Zu Omen MKII

Hi all

I am a bit courious as to if anyone else went down the DIY mod path with their Omens?

What are your experiences?

On my mod list (so far)
- New Double xover capacitators
- Adding a parallell resistor to the tweeter
- Stiffening of the cabinet
- Painting the insides with noise-x
- New internal cabeling
- New bolts and fastenings for main elements.

They now sound fantastic! And play in a different league!

And probably more mods to come! ;-)
zuangbro
zuangbro OP
29 posts
 
Did I do more.....yes, I probably went over the top..

I changed the stock tweeters for a pair of these;
http://www.usspeaker.com/radian%20475bEpb-1.htm

Radian 475-beryllium

added a suitable Lpad using Mills wirewound resitstors..

those speakers now play in a whole different league.

oh,btw, you can buy a bracket/adaptor for the 475’s and they will fit nicely with the current Omen lenses....
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eyrepm
21 posts
 
Hahahaha I love it 

thanks for the awesome tips! I’ve been thinking of switching tweeters. Why did you pick those over the radian 850s?

and what’s an Lpad?
zuangbro OP
29 posts
 
:-) 

I got the 475’s primarily due to avoid the woodwork, keep the cost down and make sure the speakers can be returned original if I for some reason would want to..  

the larger Zu lenses are $$$

also, the 850’s are not really well behaved in the high frequencies, the 475-be are beryllium, they are superb for tweeter duty!
zuangbro OP
29 posts
 
L-pad is an arrangement of resistors to match your tweeter to your main driver. If you go this path there are a couple of things to take note of....
zuangbro OP
29 posts
 
Not really very difficult though.. ;-)
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