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Re: Active Crossovers with vintage Polk speakers
Thanks Trey,
Because over the past 40 years I have been around these things, in the live world we always looked down our noses at anything that had a passive crossover in it, hence my question about going active.
Now again, my gut would be to buy a nice DBX or Ashley type crossover and try that but it would definitely be a science project and may or may not yield any good result.
I have the amps, it would take the physical rewire of the speakers etc.
---BUT---
Giant but,,,
I also use pro amps in my system which I know many real audiophiles are not onboard with.
I also have a Klark technique EQ in my system as well which I am sure many audiophiles would not think was a good idea either.
To me it sounds great, and I believe it's quiet and has no noise, but someone like yourself may think differently.
The KT EQ alone made such a huge difference to the system, it allowed me to get my RTiA9s to such a sweeter space than they had without it. I can now actually listen to music through them with a smile.
It also allowed me to get a little better sound out of my other old 11T and LS90s.
By dumping off all the super high and super low stuff you cant hear anyway the speakers got tighter and louder. EQ-ing out alot of the super highs and a tiny tiny notch at 3.5k makes my 11Ts not trip as easy. Im still sending those crossovers to you for rebuilding 100% but a little EQ-ing made a difference in how easy they tripped and the overall sound.
Same with the LS90s, a tiny shaping in the low end tightened the bottom up massively.
I appreciate your input.
I had not even thought about anything digital. I was 100% thinking an analog balanced, XLR pro-type rack piece. There are so many available and for not alot of $$
Cheers
Jimmy P
Because over the past 40 years I have been around these things, in the live world we always looked down our noses at anything that had a passive crossover in it, hence my question about going active.
Now again, my gut would be to buy a nice DBX or Ashley type crossover and try that but it would definitely be a science project and may or may not yield any good result.
I have the amps, it would take the physical rewire of the speakers etc.
---BUT---
Giant but,,,
I also use pro amps in my system which I know many real audiophiles are not onboard with.
I also have a Klark technique EQ in my system as well which I am sure many audiophiles would not think was a good idea either.
To me it sounds great, and I believe it's quiet and has no noise, but someone like yourself may think differently.
The KT EQ alone made such a huge difference to the system, it allowed me to get my RTiA9s to such a sweeter space than they had without it. I can now actually listen to music through them with a smile.
It also allowed me to get a little better sound out of my other old 11T and LS90s.
By dumping off all the super high and super low stuff you cant hear anyway the speakers got tighter and louder. EQ-ing out alot of the super highs and a tiny tiny notch at 3.5k makes my 11Ts not trip as easy. Im still sending those crossovers to you for rebuilding 100% but a little EQ-ing made a difference in how easy they tripped and the overall sound.
Same with the LS90s, a tiny shaping in the low end tightened the bottom up massively.
I appreciate your input.
I had not even thought about anything digital. I was 100% thinking an analog balanced, XLR pro-type rack piece. There are so many available and for not alot of $$
Cheers
Jimmy P
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Re: Something our grandkids won’t believe we had/did?
Only 13 channels available on TV. If that....and all TV went off air at 12.
Tom
And you had to get up and walk across the room to change the channel of adjust the volume…
daddyjt
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Re: Something our grandkids won’t believe we had/did?
Only 13 channels available on TV. If that....and all TV went off air at 12.
Tom
Tom
treitz3
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Re: I’m not sure what they are worth
When you hear this as a first date icebreaker -- this is how you know you're dealing with a professional and should get yourself outta there.skipshot12 wrote: »What are the contents of my box worth?
msg
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Something our grandkids won’t believe we had/did?
1”-3” thick books that had everyone’s phone number listed - UNLESS you paid extra to NOT have your number listed.
daddyjt
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