Modifying Crossovers

@carlsbad2 

Could you post pictures of the before crossovers ?

Thanks

Rob

@vair68robert The before crossovers are still installed.  I pulled them out enough to sketch a wiring diagram and reverse engineer them.  Here are a couple of photos (i use google photos, would appreciate any advice on how to get a preview to show).

Upper and midrange crossover:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Fh2wFvdbFAcm8AqU6

Bass crossover

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7oJtoz7v72gsC3s47

I'm obviously combining them onto one board.

Jerry

Many times crossover parts and values are selected to get the sound the designers wanted. Just putting in costly parts in many cases will make the speaker sound worse. Different parts have different insertion values you may end up altering the output of one driver over the other or cause the amp to see different OHM loads or have phase issues toss in the fact that most don't even know how to solder properly and it's an overall dumb idea to do. But the audiophile will why I don't consider myself an audiophile I have grown out of it.

@johnk I respectfully disagree with you.  I'll fight to the death for your right to your opinion.

Do you have an example of someone you personally know, even better yet, that you heard before and after, of that sounded worse.  I have a friend with a similar speaker to mine.  Mine sounded better before the upgrade, now his sounds much better.  

Every manufacturer is different, but IMO even high end manufacturers tend to cut corners on the (invisible) crossovers.

Jerry

@carlsbad2 

Thanks ,  I can see why you are moving the crossovers out of the cabinet .

This is something I have thought about and something highly recommended by Tom Thiel , but making the external cabinet is not part of my skill set .  I have pictures posted on the virtual systems of my before and almost complete after crossovers , I just installed the newest Clarity capacitor  on the tweeter board and am waiting for Clarity to release the full range of caps to finish with the 1uf for the mid range .   My work doesn't look near as refined as yours .

Rob