The tweeters were deffo working as I remember forgetting to plug them in (no jumpers they would not work) and hearing each come on as i plugged them in.
I think the quality of the drivers is good - they are the same ones they use in the $55k speakers - just a lot more of them. I think everything your eyes can see is where the money has gone.
When I get time I will tell of the changes I have made over the last 6 months and the effect it had - some really really easy and simple things mage real improvements and some time consuming labor of love changes made sod all difference or made them worse.
I think the quality of the drivers is good - they are the same ones they use in the $55k speakers - just a lot more of them. I think everything your eyes can see is where the money has gone.
When I get time I will tell of the changes I have made over the last 6 months and the effect it had - some really really easy and simple things mage real improvements and some time consuming labor of love changes made sod all difference or made them worse.
You'll get that 😉 sooner or later you'll know what not to worry about.
Theory has it that a stage should generally be close to the source. A crossover could do well to be close to the amp but amps are generally compensated to handle either way.. and it isn't normally critical. I put my crossovers near my amps, where they can be housed in a relatively quiet shelf with easy access.
Does your inductor have a core? Does it slide within the coil? I'm not thinking of vibration, that's a minor given, and easy enough to deal with. If you slide the core part way out of the coil it would have a similar effect to partial saturation of the core but with greater signal handling ability. It could give some insight into this interesting problem.
Theory has it that a stage should generally be close to the source. A crossover could do well to be close to the amp but amps are generally compensated to handle either way.. and it isn't normally critical. I put my crossovers near my amps, where they can be housed in a relatively quiet shelf with easy access.
Does your inductor have a core? Does it slide within the coil? I'm not thinking of vibration, that's a minor given, and easy enough to deal with. If you slide the core part way out of the coil it would have a similar effect to partial saturation of the core but with greater signal handling ability. It could give some insight into this interesting problem.
Putting an inductor close to any metal changes it's value, which changes the crossover frequency and slope.
Your preference is is likely due to that change.
Tested a nominal 2 MH coil under a variety of conditions to measure some typical effects:
The air core coil & former weigh 180 grams and read 1.95 MH.
With a .25 gram brass screw in the mounting hole, the coil read 1.94 MH.
With a .25 gram steel screw in the mounting hole, the coil read 1.99 MH.
On top a 100 gram brass belt buckle, the coil read 1.87 MH.
On top a 60 gram 40 cm aluminum angle, the coil also read 1.87 MH.
On top a 180 gram 40 cm steel strip, the coil read 2.22 MH.
Seemingly small differences in location, orientation and materials near crossover coils can make an audible difference.
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No I wont - no functional memory - LOL. 😛
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