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Anyway to improve the sound of Tannoy Saturn s6?

I just bought a pair of Tannoy Saturn s6's brand new sealed boxes. They reach fairly low and are quite smooth, but...they sound like someone has draped a blanket over them! The mids sound muffled (not sharp) and somewhat distant while the highs are subdued and appear to roll off quickly. I have run them for about 100 hours and they have improved somewhat. Does anyone have experience with the Tannoy Saturn line? Any suggestions? Best power source?
rollerotr
cd318
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@hifi_nuts , that's interesting. Makes sense but has anyone verified this?

I once soldered a pair of 1970s speaker connections for a friend and we both were surprised at how much fuller the sound became afterwards. I should mention that the original drive unit tags were rather dull and tarnished, but then they were around 30 years old at the time. Also beware the tweeter connections can easily melt, so care is needed if you wish to experiment.

For new speakers I'm not sure whether solder beats tags but I'm guessing that solder will last better than tags. What do others think?
hifi_nuts
8 posts
 
I have a few good pairs of speakers in possession so I have some good reference points. The problem I had with the factory version of Saturn s8lr was the tweeter seemed dull and weak. Eliminating the clips and soldering internal wires directly to the drivers improved the sound quite a bit. But to make S8 totally satisfactory I had to make one more change.

Instead of jumping the binding posts for the tweeter and woofer, I jumped the drivers on the inside, effectively bypassing tweeter binding post, with some silver plated OCC long grain copper from ebay. The resulting benefits to high frequency extension was very noticeable, being more airy and detailed. Now the speaker sound balanced like one driver. FYI.
meekeenz
21 posts
 
Instead of jumping the binding posts for the tweeter and woofer, I jumped the drivers on the inside, effectively bypassing tweeter binding post, with some silver plated OCC long grain copper from ebay. The resulting benefits to high frequency extension was very noticeable, being more airy and detailed. Now the speaker sound balanced like one driver. FYI.
What do you exactly mean please? Jumping the drivers on the inside? Don't understantd. thanks
erik_squires
16,389 posts
 
First things first.

Make sure all the drivers are working.

Specifically the mid-range, put your hand on it, make sure it's moving while playing music. Lightly of course!

Hard to do with these units but see if you hear anything coming out of the tweeter itself.
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