They sound great guy's!! monitor 11's

turbobusa65
turbobusa65 Posts: 105
edited January 2007 in Vintage Speakers
First I would like to thank everyone who helped me through this. Just got to here'um for the first time, and it was good. can anyone tell me about the screw and washers that go into the back of the passive radiator. what effect does adding, or subtracting weight do to it's response? My common sense tell's me "less weight=tighter bass" but I'm not shure. anyone?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited January 2007
    turbobusa65 wrote:
    First I would like to thank everyone who helped me through this. Just got to here'um for the first time, and it was good. can anyone tell me about the screw and washers that go into the back of the passive radiator. what effect does adding, or subtracting weight do to it's response? My common sense tell's me "less weight=tighter bass" but I'm not shure. anyone?

    Seeing as the original Polk PR's didn't have that maybe Parts Express can help since they sold them to you. Mass in a PR usually has to do with tuning the freq based on the x-over and cabinet size, etc. Might have to do the old trial and error method.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • turbobusa65
    turbobusa65 Posts: 105
    edited January 2007
    Yes sir, I bet your right!! but after listening some more, I think they are pretty darn close just the way they are! I'm amazed at their clarity and imageing!! These are keepers for shure!!
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2007
    Higher frequencies make the cone move in and out faster, but not as far. If you put your ear to the PR and hear things like voice coming out of them they are not the correct weight. To tune them experiment with different wights added to the pr. Its free just time consuming. Make sure you play a variety of music through them before deciding that the weight isn't right.

    Good luck
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • turbobusa65
    turbobusa65 Posts: 105
    edited January 2007
    Very good, and easy to understand info, Thank's Mr. Ben!!
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