[Rob Babcock]

I'm just curious if anyone has attempted to mod the ICBM crossover.  The few reviews I've read claim it's a superb & flexible unit but just slightly short of transparent.  It seems to me a few mods could probably elevate the sound.  

So far I've not seen any universal player with 'perfect' bass management, so eeking every iota of performance out of the worlds only affordable MC X-over is an intriguing notion...

[Russtafarian]

I looked inside mine to check out the possibility of improving the power supply.  It uses an unregulated 18v dc wall wart that feeds an onboard 15 voltage regulator.  Anyone have any ideas for a better alternative to the wall wart for this application?

I have no complaints about the sound of mine except the way it colored the L&R output to my main speakers.  The easy fix for that was to split my L&R preamp output and run one set to the ICBM for L&R bass and the other directly to the L&R amp and speakers.  I can use passive in-line high pass filters to roll off bass in the main speakers if necessary (so far, not necessary).

Combining the ICBM with a Behringer parametric gives me as much bass management/sub tuning control as one could expect this side DEQX.  This combo costs less than the R-DES and is much more flexible, especially for multi-channel.

Russ

[Rob Babcock]

It's the L/R colorations I was hoping it was possible to "mod out" of it.  I don't have one, but if mods could bring it up to close to transparent, I might get one to monkey with.  

I should see if Wayne at Boulder might be interested in taking a crack at it.