Ok, I've gotten to try some things.
1. As a temporary test to troubleshoot the polyswitch resistors, I wrapped some wire around their connections to essentially short them out. That way, if they are problematic, I can see what it sounds like "without" them.
...Conclusion, the speakers sound like normal now.
From what I read, it could take between 1 day to 1 month for the polyswitch resistors to return to their original crystalline structure. For me it may be worth waiting a month.
I will say that the speakers may be a little more dynamic bypassing the polyswitch resistors.
2. I tried a power conditioner with the new pair of Sonics 800X (Bryston 7b) power amplifiers. There is no pop on startup. There is still a crackle and pop on shutdown.
As I'm still in the test phase, I added a Adcom speaker selector switch so I could disconnect the speakers from the amplifiers during startup and shutdown.
Right now I am just using single TC9 drivers open air on light stands for these tests. That way if something bad happens, it's not to the line arrays.
1. As a temporary test to troubleshoot the polyswitch resistors, I wrapped some wire around their connections to essentially short them out. That way, if they are problematic, I can see what it sounds like "without" them.
...Conclusion, the speakers sound like normal now.
From what I read, it could take between 1 day to 1 month for the polyswitch resistors to return to their original crystalline structure. For me it may be worth waiting a month.
I will say that the speakers may be a little more dynamic bypassing the polyswitch resistors.
2. I tried a power conditioner with the new pair of Sonics 800X (Bryston 7b) power amplifiers. There is no pop on startup. There is still a crackle and pop on shutdown.
As I'm still in the test phase, I added a Adcom speaker selector switch so I could disconnect the speakers from the amplifiers during startup and shutdown.
Right now I am just using single TC9 drivers open air on light stands for these tests. That way if something bad happens, it's not to the line arrays.
is "nv" for Nevada?
And if so, could you point me in the direction of your CNC guy? (I live in Nevada)
I had the same experience with the cheap aurasound drivers. The company is well known for their mid-priced stuff, and a couple of monster 18" subs, but their cheap drivers were all kinda "meh."
Basically, the Tymphany TC9 and TG9 are about as good as it gets at their price point, and to do better you'd probably have to spend 400% more. Scanspeak 10F is the obvious candidate, but 50 of them cost $6000 :O