Just picked up a pair of old "Fried" - Bud Fried - Signature A/6 speakers.
Both speakers work, but the left one has a slightly muffled sound. What gives?
So, have tested out by exchanging the wires – I.e by switching L&R wires on the Amplifier. Making one speaker the L, which was earlier R, and vice versa.
One speaker , speaker X, is definitely voicing EVERYTHING with lesser volume and strength as compared to the other speaker in the Pair. Tweeter is working, but plays fainter. Midwoofer is working, but again fainter. Thus both the tweeter and midwoofer of speaker X are playing fainting as compared to the other of the Pair
Do note that the M.A.R.S system cable is NOT present :
FYI:
The m.a.r.s.® technology requires a two-conductor interconnect between the two loudspeakers. In order to maintain proper polarity Fried has supplied you with a twenty (20) foot cable for this purpose. The two-bladed plug on each end of the cable can only be inserted one way. If you wish to use a different cable, it is necessary to solder the plugs on the two ends so that the conductors are, in effect, crossed. In other words, one conductor should be wired to the larger blade on one end and the smaller blade on the other, and vice versa with the other conductor.
NON-m.a.r.s.® OPERATION:
Your A/6 loudspeakers may also be used in a non-m.a.r.s.® mode. Included with each loudspeaker is a short jumper cable that should be attached from the m.a.r.s.® socket to the negative (black) binding post to operate in the non-m.a.r.s.® mode. One may completely remove the knurled cap of the black binding post and place the ring connector of the jumper on the post. After replacing the cap, you are ready to conveniently switch between m.a.r.s.® and non-m.a.r.s.® modes by either using the m.a.r.s.® cable or the non-m.a.r.s.® jumpers.
Opened up the Crossover and found the below - it's supposed to be a SERIES Crossover (not parallel)
These are 23-24 year old speakers.
Both speakers work, but the left one has a slightly muffled sound. What gives?
So, have tested out by exchanging the wires – I.e by switching L&R wires on the Amplifier. Making one speaker the L, which was earlier R, and vice versa.
One speaker , speaker X, is definitely voicing EVERYTHING with lesser volume and strength as compared to the other speaker in the Pair. Tweeter is working, but plays fainter. Midwoofer is working, but again fainter. Thus both the tweeter and midwoofer of speaker X are playing fainting as compared to the other of the Pair
Do note that the M.A.R.S system cable is NOT present :
FYI:
The m.a.r.s.® technology requires a two-conductor interconnect between the two loudspeakers. In order to maintain proper polarity Fried has supplied you with a twenty (20) foot cable for this purpose. The two-bladed plug on each end of the cable can only be inserted one way. If you wish to use a different cable, it is necessary to solder the plugs on the two ends so that the conductors are, in effect, crossed. In other words, one conductor should be wired to the larger blade on one end and the smaller blade on the other, and vice versa with the other conductor.
NON-m.a.r.s.® OPERATION:
Your A/6 loudspeakers may also be used in a non-m.a.r.s.® mode. Included with each loudspeaker is a short jumper cable that should be attached from the m.a.r.s.® socket to the negative (black) binding post to operate in the non-m.a.r.s.® mode. One may completely remove the knurled cap of the black binding post and place the ring connector of the jumper on the post. After replacing the cap, you are ready to conveniently switch between m.a.r.s.® and non-m.a.r.s.® modes by either using the m.a.r.s.® cable or the non-m.a.r.s.® jumpers.
Opened up the Crossover and found the below - it's supposed to be a SERIES Crossover (not parallel)
These are 23-24 year old speakers.