@audioman58 your posting in a previous forum is what inspired me to start this thread. Thanks for sharing your insight. @blisshifi thank you for the reference to The Humble Homemade page-WOW, what a treasure.I am going to contact Spatial and find out if they offer the crossover upgrade for my M4's, and if not see if they will get me a copy of their crossover layout-not holding my breath on that one, but the worst they can say is no.....and i've heard that before.
A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components.
The commentator stated something to the effect that some very high end speakers really cheaped out on the capacitors and resistors in their crossovers, and hinted that replacing them with high quality components might improve the sound quality of the speakers. My question is "Have you ever replaced the caps and resistors in your speakers crossovers, and to your ears did that result in better sound quality?" Also, what brands of caps and resistors do you consider to be "the best", and why?
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This thread is awesome. I too know crossover caps can make a big difference. I personally feel they have enough of an influence or sway power to ‘make or break’ a system. I second @erik_squires observation with the mundorf capacitors and I too prefer the mundorf m-cap classic MKP or the mundorf m-cap evo oil. I read good things about clarity cap. I’ve had good experiences with audyn plus mkp capacitors. |
...and I appreciate and thank y'all for sharing comments, links ( @blisshifi 👍 ), and the knowledge gained by experience I've not had... Kudos, Gentlemen. |
This is interesting. I responded to a thread asking about when speakers become hi-fi verses mid-fi and was excoriated for stating that my Klipsch Heritage speakers were easily modded in the crossovers, making them more palatable for me as hi-fi. Crossovers can always be made better depending on your other equipment and musical tastes. Spend 40 years building your system and have a rudimentary knowledge of electronics and the world is your oyster. |
Good Morning I am in the almost finial act of upgrading my crossovers , while I don't consider my Thiel CS2.7 speakers as " high " end they are of high quality build except for the quality of the crossover parts . The " made for Thiel " 1uf bypass capacitors by Clarity were the only high end component used . My thoughts on upgrading were to use the best quality that I could fit onto the board , I also decided to try to keep the sound signature by using upgraded film capacitors by the same manufacturer as well as increasing the voltage rating as much as the size allowed . I have a few questions for the experienced here , How does a larger gauge wire on the inductors improve the sound ? Has anybody replace an electrolytic capacitor with a film and heard the improvement ? Have any of you moved the crossovers out of the cabinet or are considering moving them out ?
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