I placed $$$$$$$$$$$$ cap in mY Seas Thors,, Only resulted in minimal gains = waste of money. The issues are with the drivers themselves,, see my new topic
Speaker brands known to use first class internal components
I've been watching some YouTube videos lately that explore speakers from different companies including checking what internal components they are using. I've been alarmed to see that some high-end (and very expensive) speakers have nice cabinets and drivers but really use dime store crossovers and wiring. Some where so flagrant that if I would have purchased those speakers I wouldn't just be disappointed, I'd be angry. One of the speakers I would consider buying are the Kef Reference 1 stand mounts (it's a little big to be called a bookshelf) but I would hate to pay $7,000 or more for a pair only to find out the internal components are sub par. Are there brands that can be purchased with "confidence" (pun intended) that are sure to use top notch crossovers, wiring and speaker cable terminals? Thanks in advance
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joenies138 posts09-10-2021 5:19pmA number of years ago I had my B&W 801 speakers re-wired with Kimber cable and had the protective circuit modified. I asked my technician to replace any components on the cross-overs. He said he could not buy anything better than what was already being used. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I believe your tech geek, Not EVEN the very finest crossover components can help out the B&W **House Sound**. Again proof the midwoofer/tweeter thingy is a failure. Wilson's suffer same house sound issues as B& W, Vandersteen's. |
After buying brand new Millenium Tweeters/Seas, as suggested by Tech geek, as 1 tweet had lost 1/2 a ohm vs the other = $750 + all brand new highest quality Mundorf Caps, = $$$$$$$ Both together over $1500++ Thought the Seas Thors would be transformed into a Super Thor... hahahaa. absolute waste of money,,, so I trashed that experiement,, started experienting with wide bands.. And Bingo Super Midrange, =cost $550. There is no Seas/Scaspeak driver that can touch the Wide Band's in my system. Seems no one is listening to my mantra. You guys are really stuck on a speaker merry-go-round. The midwoofer/tweeter thing is not going to match a high quality wide band. Us wide banders know what we have and we could never go back to midwoofer/tweeter as midrange. For bass, midwoofers are great, For highs, tweets are OK, but not midrange. ~~~Only as supports~~~I have excellent bass and highs in the WBer, I use midwoofers and tweets only as ~~emblishments, nothing more. On their own they are crippled.The midrange suffers terrible lack of musicality. No matter how high priced xover caps you invest. |