Forte91gti_wolfsburg

I have a Sound Blaster X-Fi. This sound card has destroyed every other computer sound card, internal or external that I have ever listened to. All of the solder joints that count are soldered using a gold based solder as opposed to a lead-tin type solder. The sound processor actually is powerful enough to need a heatsink. The fidelity is amazing. On my system, see signature, it really made an impressive difference. With regards to a USB based sound card, they lack in performance because of the lousy interrupt request (IRQ) that they are assigned. When the PC is asked to perform a more strenuous(sp??) task, if need be, the USB sound card gets placed on the back burner until it has the processor time to finish what it was doing with that sound file. IMHO a PCI based sound card is the way to go. The Creative X-Fi has an onboard DAC, as well as a ADC, and is also compatible with a single digital I/O for the fancier digital computer speaker systems/recievers.

After long adieu, I have finally recieved the parts to upgrade/repair the crossovers, with many thanks to a member of this forum. To do a comparison, I have only so far fixed/ upgraded one of the speakers. the Left channel has the upgraded crossover and the right is Klipsch stock. My conclusion: The upgraded crossover is providing clearer highs, and a more defined midrange than the stock crossover. Overall a marked improvement. The repairs themselves were ne sweat, just paying attention to what is what and only replacing one component at a time. Parts I changed out: Mid and High X-over capicitors to higher quality capacitors, The 5w 40 ohm resistor was replaced with a 10w 40 ohm resistor The Tweeter Inductor coil was replaced with an air core coil with a larger guage wire as well as a higher grade copper wire. The capicitors are Kimbers The inductor is a Janzton The fuse is a Dayton (I think -it is late)

The x-over is mounted on a PC board. It looks like one rugged son of a gun

I havent, I should probably slap the x-over back in and give it a try, but I was listening to each horn and I could not hear anything from the woofer; the sound I am hearing seems to be originating from the skwaker, you know it was doing this to enya, and there isnt much bass in enya, and those woofers have handled much more spirited music than enya, and recently too. Namely 200 gram MFSL Bob Marley Exodus.

ahh yes I see that now. On the diagram It says it was switched from T2A to T10A mine is a T2A

sweet, now, does "T10A" in that diagram represent a variable resistor?

The woofers move like silk. The passive moves just as much as the driver, so I think it is OK. The "cracks" you saw are actually just artifacts from being molded. My other Forte has them as well. Sheesh I got nervous for a second. Pop- email sent.

This is origionally what I thought, and subsequently replaced the diphragm, the problem I was experiencing was not as severe, but still there, and after talking to the Tech support guy, Steve Phillip @ klipsch parts, he thinks it is a blown cap. The sound I do get is flawless until the bass hits. Then I get a scratching sound for the duration of the bass hit..

well, my original fortes are beautiful speakers and they have destroyed systems that cost many thousands of dollars more than mine. However, I have come to the cruel awakening that I may have a blown capacitor on the skwaker circuit of the x-over. If possible, I would like to get info on where I can get schematics to rebuild my x-overs with possibly some higher quality components (if even possible). The offender: