1, 2 , 3 , 4, etc of speaker mod / upgrade


I have a great pair of speakers - 20 years old - top of the line, I want to upgrade. Someone told me to upgrade them in steps rather than an all out upgrade and assess after each step the improvement. I guess, sometimes it does not work out and you have to go back. Which are the steps in order. These are my thoughts
1. Binding posts - Brand recommendation?
2. Internal wiring - Brand recommendation?
3. Speaker cloth over drivers - Brand recommendation?
4. Crossover capacitors - Brand recommendation?
5. Crossover coils - Brand recommendation?
Thanks in advance for responding
dcaudio

Showing 1 response by ptmconsulting

Not everybody is as in love with silver as you may be. It has its strengths and weaknesses, as does copper. I would guess it all depends on what aspects of the speaker you are trying to improve.

I would also think you should change out, upgrade or bypass the caps first, as that will make the biggest difference overall. Then you can adjust the other things if you still feel you need to. My first recommendation is to just bypass the existing tweeter caps with .1uF teflons of your choice, give them 200 hours of break in and then see if you need to do anything else. Then look to upgrade the other basic caps in the rest of the crossover if you feel inclined.

Yes, they make that much of a difference.

Enjoy,
Bob