As it turns out almost everyone puts way too much stuffing in speakers. Didn’t anyone ever think, geez, isn’t that suffocating the sound? I guess not. Monkey see, monkey do. You might be surprised to know speakers will sound much better - more open, better bass and more musical - if you remove all (rpt all) the filler and replace it will only a grapefruit size ball of hollow fiber wool, like lamb’s wool. Check it out.
Polyfill placement question in monitor speakers.
I have a pair of Acoustic Energy AE-2 speakers that I am refurbishing. I had to remove the poly-fill batting while working on them and never thought to make note of where the poly-fill was originally placed. Now I have to put it back in.
I am wondering if there is a most beneficial area to place the poly-fill. Behind the mids? Around the ports? Pack the tweeter area? Really have no memory of where it was before.
These speakers have 2 mid drivers one tweeter and 3 ports. I am only putting back in what came out. There is not a ton of it so it does not fill the entire space. In fact I'd say there was only about as much to fill 1/4-1/3 of the volume.
These are excellently designed monitors and I'd like to have the damping working as designed.
I am wondering if there is a most beneficial area to place the poly-fill. Behind the mids? Around the ports? Pack the tweeter area? Really have no memory of where it was before.
These speakers have 2 mid drivers one tweeter and 3 ports. I am only putting back in what came out. There is not a ton of it so it does not fill the entire space. In fact I'd say there was only about as much to fill 1/4-1/3 of the volume.
These are excellently designed monitors and I'd like to have the damping working as designed.