Those of you with very top quality custom crossovers and cabling for your planar speakers, what kind of leaps have you noticed versus what they were stock? Let's say a Magnepan crossover of today.
I would suspect planars to respond very precisely to improvements in the signal chain. They are not perhaps sensitive but they provide sensitive detail of the preceding chain of electronics.
I would suspect planars to respond very precisely to improvements in the signal chain. They are not perhaps sensitive but they provide sensitive detail of the preceding chain of electronics.
I am going to invest in an LRS+ to hear how upgrading the crossover could make it perform way, __way_ above its price point, even the upgrade cost included.
You will get better results using DSP and tuning the system specifically for your room. Dirac Live is a game changer and can save a lot of time characterising and fine tuning your system.
You could do much worse than looking into the MiniDSP DDRC-24 or Flex, with Dirac Live.
You could do much worse than looking into the MiniDSP DDRC-24 or Flex, with Dirac Live.
I’ve upgraded the caps in Quad 63, Dayton Wright XG 10, Acoustat models 3, 4, and 1100, Martin Logan Request and CLX. Improvement in harmonic structure, smoothness, ambient background retrieval, overall less sense of the crossover point , the system seemed more integrated ( Martin Logan CLX ).
Electrostatics really benefit from better caps (Multicap film and foil with Teflon bypass are my favorites, but expensive - they sure beat the $30 Solens in $35k speakers
Electrostatics really benefit from better caps (Multicap film and foil with Teflon bypass are my favorites, but expensive - they sure beat the $30 Solens in $35k speakers
How's that??
Crossover components are just passive devices. It doesn't matter how much money you spend on them, very minor improvements are the only thing possible.
DSP brings a whole new realm to your potential upgrade path.
Dave.
There was an appreciable difference from ditching the original 1978 electrolytic caps in some magnapans, and using film caps.
Big surprise huh?!
Big surprise huh?!
Replacing nearly fifty year old electrolytic's on 'anything' is probably not a bad idea. 🙂
Dave.
Dave.
Dave,That joke doesn't hold then you would have to buy the same cable every 20 years because of worn casing,you can renew other capacitors and chokes to probably tune it better.
wollie
wollie
I don't think you know much about repairing older electronic equipment. Electrolytic deterioration is not an uncommon issue.
Folks who repair said equipment (you're talking to one of them) routinely replace those components...as a matter of course.
Dave.