I wanted to start a new thread on this one. It is a continuation of this older long going thread:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=87808.0What I am looking for are open minded people willing to listen to a pair of speakers with two different crossovers. One is stock and the other identical to the stock crossover but uses higher quality crossover parts.
Just listen to the speakers and report what you hear.
You'll have to be responsible for them while you have them and secure them with a credit card. Your card will not be charged unless the speakers disappear or are damaged while you have them. You'll then be responsible for shipping to the next person.
Here are a few pic of the crossovers.
For those of you that followed the old thread until it got a little too long, the run down so far is that 24 out of 25 people reported audible differences of some kind. Some reported very subtle differences while others reported that the differences were real easy to hear.
Also, the quality level of the playback system appears to make quite a difference as to whether the differences are subtle or significant.
Here are a few quotes from the feedback in the previous thread.
Overall, 88% of participants (7/8) heard "unmistakably clear" differences between the two crossovers.
That being said, it wasn't difficult to hear minor audible differences between the two crossovers.
On my older recordings I really couldn't tell much of a difference (or rather couldn't tell a difference) and I went to some of my newer recordings and there I noticed more of a difference.
There is a difference; it’s not in your (or at least my) face to be sure, but I can hear differences when listening carefully.
Had some guys over from the A-VOCA today to listen to the speakers. All 3 could pick out the improvements from the upgraded crossover easily.
I am back from Alaska, and I met yesterday with John Morrison, president of the A-VCOA. He did the demo for the group of guys while I was gone. I think they had 10 people at the gathering, incliuding the wife of one of the members of the club. John siad that every person was able to hear differences between the 2 crossovers, and ALL involved preferred the modified board.
So, including the 3 guys that came to my home, that makes 13 total that heard the demos, and all heard the differences, and all liked the modified crossovers the best. It reaaly was easy to hear once you listened to each board for a few minutes.
So who wants to be next?
