The Volti Rival also allow crossover adjustments through resistor changes:
https://voltiaudio.com/new-rival-crossover-adjustments/
looks like not necessarily improvements but rather adaptations to a room and/or user sonic preferences.
Modifying Crossovers
I just read a post about changing resistors and caps in the new Borresen X3 speakers. I am curious why there is interest in changing the components in a brand new speaker. I also am curious if it would make them better than why didn’t the designers put a better component in the first place. Just a thought and scratching my head. Have a great day.
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@jaytor, understood, thanks. |
@carlsbad2, Hey Jerry, thanks for the generous offer. I have a lot of experience designing and modifying XOs. Have been doing this for what seems like forever and have a speaker design of mine about to go into production. The person who asked me to design him a small bookshelf speaker was a customer of mine and now has a retail outlet. He has the prototype but seems to have a problem finding someone to build a good quality veneered box. After designing the XO I spent some considerable time choosing components and it was then that I settled on the Powertron resistor. Reverting back to Mills, paralleled Kiwame, Mundorf and some others was a big disappointment. I did not have a chance to try Duelund nor Path resistors as it was at this time that I was preparing to leave South Africa to move overseas. |
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I have a pair of Altec Lansing 604Cs. Their stock crossovers are bright, cheaply made and have always been regarded as an afterthought. |
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