Modifying Crossovers

@carlsbad2

Jerry ,  Your crossover is beautiful and your intent on mounting it externally should provide and extra level of improvement that I can't figure out why we aren't seeing speaker manufacturers doing it . 

I wish that the crossovers in my speakers were as simply designed as yours , the woofer board alone have more components than your entire crossover board .  I am just one capacitor away on the mid range from finishing my crossover upgrades. It's been a lot of work that few can or are willing to undertake but I'll say it been well worth the expense and effort with more than a 2% increase in sound quality , after all each of our components are built to meet a price point .  

Rob

While the question is " Modifying Crossovers "  the reality is that we are  "upgrading" our crossovers .  I have even stayed with the same manufacturer for the film capacitors , as to not stray far from the original " house sound " of the speakers . For me the resistors were the surprise performance improvement . 

@carlsbad2 

Could you post pictures of the before crossovers ?

Thanks

Rob

@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 

ervikingo

If you have room move the crossovers as far away from the  woofer as possible .