Hello! The speaker is ready. At first listen, it's like when the loudness button is pressed on the amplifier. The sound is clear, balanced, the deep sounds are nicer, rounder, and maybe a little stronger. In short, I'm very satisfied.. it's true that I've only been listening for 1 hour.
Yes, I installed it there. Above the banana plug bracket... it is held by 2 pieces of 8 mm wood screws. The old crossover weighs 0.22 kg, the new one 0.75 kg.
The final version changed so much compared to the picture that I attached the cables to the board with quick connectors. to avoid a short circuit.
A double 2.08 mm2 cable goes to the bass. Neotech occ. The same is simple for the high speaker.
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Hi guys!
I should be running around 100 hours right now. The lows are nicer, finer and more full-bodied. Highs and mids are cleaner and more penetrating. The speaker is more dynamic. I also liked the old one, which had a very similar character, but the speaker is now in a much higher category.
I would like to know if there is room for improvement in the refinement. Compared to this 100 hours, how much more can be improved with the 300-400 hours Milflexes you mentioned?
I should be running around 100 hours right now. The lows are nicer, finer and more full-bodied. Highs and mids are cleaner and more penetrating. The speaker is more dynamic. I also liked the old one, which had a very similar character, but the speaker is now in a much higher category.
I would like to know if there is room for improvement in the refinement. Compared to this 100 hours, how much more can be improved with the 300-400 hours Milflexes you mentioned?
Good to hear! I purchased the Miflex KPCU 0.22uf as opposed to 0.1uf recommended by CAPer. Reason being several 906 reviews noted a dip in the frequency response just above the crossover point.
Although I haven‘t done direct A/B comparisons, it seems the Miflex is introducing a touch of lushness to vocals. So far so good.
Although I haven‘t done direct A/B comparisons, it seems the Miflex is introducing a touch of lushness to vocals. So far so good.
200 hrs on the cap. I was also experimenting with relatively inexpensive speaker cables. I will give it more time and switch cables back to the kimbers.
Maybe adding 0.22uf to the 2.7uf cap is too much of a leap. The audio science guy apparently boosted sound just above the cross over point when demoing the 906’s and found it made some recording sound bright.
Maybe adding 0.22uf to the 2.7uf cap is too much of a leap. The audio science guy apparently boosted sound just above the cross over point when demoing the 906’s and found it made some recording sound bright.
As far as I know, Clarity is not that expensive. Wouldn't a value of 2.5 be better? The milflex was also recommended as 2.2 Alumen + 0.48 Milflex.
I can go around 130 hours. The separation of the instruments is clearly better. I have a Vincent amplifier, and it's like when the boost button was pressed before, only the sense of space remained. In the past, compared to this, it was as if there was a curtain in front of the speakers.
The bass is nicer, fuller, rounder, but in 1-2 songs it doesn't seem to go down enough where it was with the old crossover. According to an experienced acquaintance, I only feel this way because there are many more details.
I borrowed a rudimentary Yamaha woofer, and today I will find out if the bass remains or if my ears have deteriorated 🙂
The bass is nicer, fuller, rounder, but in 1-2 songs it doesn't seem to go down enough where it was with the old crossover. According to an experienced acquaintance, I only feel this way because there are many more details.
I borrowed a rudimentary Yamaha woofer, and today I will find out if the bass remains or if my ears have deteriorated 🙂
In the meantime, I was talking to my friend on the phone and he said that for the 2-way system, you have to decide whether to put an air-core or an iron-core coil for the bottoms. An air core cannot transfer as much energy in the deep range as an iron core. However, officially, the iron core has a distortion that can spread to the middle range. That's why it's a two-edged thing.
In the case of a 3-way system, it is clear that an iron-core coil goes to the deep part, and an air-core coil goes to the middle. With 2 passengers, we take part in the pull-and-get game.
My depths are very nice, but it dies below a certain range.
I mainly listen to instrumental music, for which this is good, but those who listen to other styles may benefit from a subwoofer.
In the case of a 3-way system, it is clear that an iron-core coil goes to the deep part, and an air-core coil goes to the middle. With 2 passengers, we take part in the pull-and-get game.
My depths are very nice, but it dies below a certain range.
I mainly listen to instrumental music, for which this is good, but those who listen to other styles may benefit from a subwoofer.
I don’t look for pounding bass from the 906’s, however I did end up pairing with a sub. The improved internal wiring may also affect the bass perception. Factory wiring is flimsy and I think sounds softer in the bass region.
In the picture above, you can see that the deep part has double cabling, occ copper. Here, too, it is only with certain music that you can feel that parts below certain hz are missing. however, around a few hundred Hz, it gives a beautiful, full round depth.
I checked my speakers and I have them out 9.5” from the wall. I‘ve also tried them further out, but the sound gets too thin for me.
What feet do your speakers stand on?
For me, on such metal balls. I changed from 4 feet to 3 feet and the speaker was replaced one category to the right.
(Every tenth of a mm counts, because if the speaker wobbles even a little bit, the resonance will cause something else. Standing on 3 feet in an almost identical "semi-circle", it is impossible for it to sway.)
The picture is on page 5 and 6 here on the forum. The metal cylinders have a semicircular recess, bearing balls placed in it so that half is in the pit and half is outside. I put the speaker on it at 3 feet.
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