Great speakers those Bolero’s. I never modified my set and owned them for 2 years I think. Loved them. Very easy to listen to with no listener fatigue at all. Great imaging and a warm inviting sound. Beautiful to look at also! Very smooth highs. Mids were a tad recessed as I recall.
The DI is really a different speaker. It is more full range with much deeper and more impactful bass. The DI is more resolving of the Micro details and of the instruments themselves. They sound more live and alive. The DI does this without sounding bright or aggressive at all. The DI speakers are more dynamic and easier to drive.
The Bolero speakers sound warmer and darker. They are more romantic sounding and that is certainly very appealing to many of us. The Bolero is a more refined sounding speaker. The DIs can be upgraded/modified to sound as refined. They simply need better quality crossover parts.
I think the Bolero would open up more in the mids with simple XO upgrades. It would be a very easy speaker to upgrade. Very easy. I would place the XO outboard and use better wire. Don’t change the XO parts values, but just use Mills MRA or Path Audio resistors and Jupiter copper foil caps. Keep the same inductors.
The Boleros will always hold a special place in my audio memory. Beautiful speaker in many ways.
The DI is really a different speaker. It is more full range with much deeper and more impactful bass. The DI is more resolving of the Micro details and of the instruments themselves. They sound more live and alive. The DI does this without sounding bright or aggressive at all. The DI speakers are more dynamic and easier to drive.
The Bolero speakers sound warmer and darker. They are more romantic sounding and that is certainly very appealing to many of us. The Bolero is a more refined sounding speaker. The DIs can be upgraded/modified to sound as refined. They simply need better quality crossover parts.
I think the Bolero would open up more in the mids with simple XO upgrades. It would be a very easy speaker to upgrade. Very easy. I would place the XO outboard and use better wire. Don’t change the XO parts values, but just use Mills MRA or Path Audio resistors and Jupiter copper foil caps. Keep the same inductors.
The Boleros will always hold a special place in my audio memory. Beautiful speaker in many ways.