Change in Resistance with Polyswitch Removal

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited May 2011
    Originally Posted by ben62670
    If you put the resistor at the terminal you will alter the XO point.
    F1nut wrote:
    I have to disagree. It's common practice to add a resistor at the tweeter (positive lead) to attenuate it.

    I'm glad Greg linked this thread as Ben was right, I was wrong.
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  • audiocr381ve
    audiocr381ve Posts: 2,588
    edited May 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    I'm glad Greg linked this thread as Ben was right, I was wrong.

    Thanks for brining this back up, I was just reading through it. Was the general consensus to keep or replace the polyswitch but not remove it entirely?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited May 2011
    I think most remove them and and a resistor. I removed mine on my 2b's and have not looked back.

    As someone said earlier in this post. If they seem bright after the change it isn't the missing poly or resistor it is probably your cables. Cheap cables can bring out the worst in any speaker.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited May 2011
    audiocr381ve wrote: »
    Thanks for brining this back up, I was just reading through it. Was the general consensus to keep or replace the polyswitch but not remove it entirely?

    As far as I'm concerned, remove the poly and replace it with a .5 ohm resistor.

    You cannot remove only part of a polyswitch.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited May 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    As far as I'm concerned, remove the poly and replace it with a .5 ohm resistor.

    You cannot remove only part of a polyswitch.

    Some time ago, there was a recommendation to simply twist a polyswitch 180 degrees, effectively shorting its two terminals together.

    With this method, no removal and no soldering was necessary, but it always seemed like a halfway measure to me.
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  • audiocr381ve
    audiocr381ve Posts: 2,588
    edited May 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    As far as I'm concerned, remove the poly and replace it with a .5 ohm resistor.

    You cannot remove only part of a polyswitch.

    Got it. Will do.
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