nightfire
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Well I was bored today so I decided to change out the capacitor for the tweeter crossover. I replaced the crappy electrolytic 3.3uF with 2x2.2uF panasonic polypropylenes. That should have dropped the roll-off on the tweeter maybe 500hz (didn't run the exact numbers), to brighten them up a bit (because with my Lavry and Amp5 it was a bit too smooth for my tastes
).
Anyway, the results are mixed. It's really bright now. Sounds closer to my Grados, but without the bass/midbass. Really need a sub now. Impressive for classical.. very airy with a much more stable imaging (though the soundstage seems to have slightly compressed, perhaps because of the brightness).
Cymbals sound great, but unnaturally loud. Actually, I'd say it's kinda ER4ish; very clean with nice timbre, but it just feels like something's missing.
I think I might order some 1.8-2uF polypropylenes to bring the frequency back up a bit. Or maybe try a 20-30ohm resistor across the tweeter.
Anyway, the results are mixed. It's really bright now. Sounds closer to my Grados, but without the bass/midbass. Really need a sub now. Impressive for classical.. very airy with a much more stable imaging (though the soundstage seems to have slightly compressed, perhaps because of the brightness).
Cymbals sound great, but unnaturally loud. Actually, I'd say it's kinda ER4ish; very clean with nice timbre, but it just feels like something's missing.
I think I might order some 1.8-2uF polypropylenes to bring the frequency back up a bit. Or maybe try a 20-30ohm resistor across the tweeter.
