Poly Switches

flason
flason Posts: 278
edited February 2010 in Vintage Speakers
So I finally grew a pair and pulled the X-over out of the left speaker. Gonna replace poly switches in both. Got the iron fired up and ready to pull the old switches out. Here goes nothing.
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited February 2010
    Just finished one. That was way easier than I thought it would be.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2010
    What speaker system are you modding?
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited February 2010
    Done! Not in record time or anything but a lot faster than I thought it would take.

    I have a pair of 2.3's. Got a couple of tweeters from George and an interconnect from Ben. Now to replace 2 of the 6511's. Then will bi-amp with my Onkyo Grand Integra M508taking on the lower end and my McIntosh 2205 covering the top.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2010
    Have you thought about upgrading the crossovers with Sonic caps & Mills resistors? They really give you the WOW factor once burned in.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,197
    edited February 2010
    +1000 on the cap and resistor upgrades.

    Did you jumper the area where the poly was installed of put in a 0.5ohm resistor?

    H9
    "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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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    +1000 on the cap and resistor upgrades.

    Did you jumper the area where the poly was installed of put in a 0.5ohm resistor?
    H9

    Just my humble opinion but I would wait to see how they sound before adding the .5 ohm resistor. My 1.2TLs sound great with just the jumper but I am going to try the .5 ohm 5 watt resistor to see if I get an improvement.
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  • raulverano
    raulverano Posts: 1
    i need two oliy switched
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,661
    raulverano wrote: »
    i need two oliy switched

    You need more than that.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,116
    I need two oily hickory switches and a gallon of rheumatiz medicine.
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