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NHT 3.3 , anybody modded this speaker?

I am interested in modding a pair of stock NHT 3.3 speakers with Mundorf silver oil caps and DH Labs Q-10 wiring. The factory is cautioning me that this is different, maybe not better. They say the critical matching was in the drivers, not the cross overs.

Have you tried any of this? Any suggestions?

Why the mod? With my Dunlavy Cantatas I hear and feel an ambience in the recording, their astounding that way. The NHT's are great but I wonder about the transparency.
jothompson
jothompson OP
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was able to find a schematic of the cross-overs and the part selections are very difficult to repeat with off the shelf values. I will most likely leave them alone.
magfan
1,583 posts
 
'Odd' capacitor values are probably caps in parallel which add to the correct value.
Inductors? Several online calculators if you are willing to wind your own!
Also, many inductor makers will 'dewind' the next higher value to whatever you require.
My panels, for example, use a 3.5mh which is not a standard value. The next value up is a 3.7 or 3.8mh.
jothompson OP
27 posts
 
I am retarded when it comes to this stuff. I usually have a tech who helps me but in this specific case he bowed out. He mentioned the combining of values but it seemed to overwhelm him so I shut up and left it alone.

I also have had time to listen and acclimate to the 3.3s and am thrilled with them in their current state. Maybe I would make a good thing worse if I were to futz with them?
usblues
1,217 posts
 
Its about 5-2 you would degrade them somehow.They are classics to some.YMMV,B
magfan
1,583 posts
 
Try Humble HiFi for cap tests. You may be scared off by the price of the caps which MAY or MAY NOT help!

Also, US is right. Odds are? I don't know about degrade, but help?

I suspect your tech bowed out because it was a no-win situation.
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