Modifying Crossovers


I just read a post about changing resistors and caps in the new Borresen X3 speakers. I am curious why there is interest in changing the components in a brand new speaker. I also am curious if it would make them better than why didn’t the designers put a better component in the first place. Just a thought and scratching my head. Have a great day.

falmgren

The item (drivers, cabinets, materials, crossover) look well built. I am curious "a new entry-level speaker at an affordable price" if I should fetch a handfull of 100 dollar bills and go get myself a pair? What IS the 'entry level' price for the X3? 

Regarding modifying OEM parts/materials, in my case vintage (Infinity Quantum 2): still undecided between

"they know better than me what is good" (here: tiny thin cheap internal wiring) or "it can't truly be cost that they chose those cheapo wires so don't mess with it"

and

"it can't be good to chase the signal through those horrible wires"

I get the 'cost' part for mass produced speakers.

But the more the price of a speaker deviates from the cost based price function (the material cost of a $100,000 speaker is maybe 10% of the sales price, the rest is eaten up by profit, sales/marketing/demos, development, customer service/support/warranty), the lower is the motivation to use lesser parts for cost reasons. 

 

Hi @falmgren, It doesn’t look like the consensus here is that you should improve your speakers’ xover. As you are serious about this, please check @elliottbnewcombjr ’s post above.

Changing the xover components for more expensive parts (I don’t think anyone of us here has evidence of which would be the "better" parts for that specific speaker!) could change the sound -- not necessarily better, but different.

 

It’s reversible, so go ahead, but stick to using exactly the same spec components. Someone above recommended Mundorfs and I too have had great experiences with them (the oil variant)

 

 

That is not a high tech crossover, not many parts IF you must, why not build a complete alternate crossover, then A/B OEM to Upgrade?

You could also leave one as OEM, and 'upgrade' a few parts the the other's factory board. Listen in mono/mess with balance, find a track with a lot going on in L or R track, evaluate one at a time for differences. Proceed or undo as you and/or your friend's ears tell you which is Preferred.