theintangiblefatman

Thanks for clearing that up.

I am shopping for a center, and in trying to price Academy centers ran across a couple of completed auctions on eBay for "Academy Fin" speakers. I cannot find any mention of this speaker anywhere else, but one auction included photos of the serial number tag, which did in fact read "ACADEMY FIN BLK". My first thought was that it was part of the code to indicate finish, but in the recent classifieds here there are people listing Academy centers for $300+ while both of these auctions went for under $200 shipped. I figured it would just be easiet to ask: are these acutally a different type of speaker? If so, how do they compare to the regular version? I appreciate the help.

Very good, I'll go ahead with the spikes then. I'm not a believer in the esoteric, expensive capacitors, so 5.8uF and 6.2uF are the options.

I bought a pair of Chorus IIs last week and, after dealing with some placement issues, am enjoying listening to them. They need a little work, so I figured I would start with the stuff that will affect how they sound, and have a couple of questions I was hoping y'all could help me with. First of all, the little risers attached to the bottom of the speakers are in pretty bad shape. The fellow I bought them from said their basement had flooded a while back, and they were caught in the crossfire. I figured I would just remove them and put spikes in their place, as spikes or stands have noticably tightened the bass with all the other speakers I have owned, and these are a little big for stands. Google, however, turns up a lot of old threads here about spiking the reference series, but really none about spiking the older speakers. Is there an issue that prevents spiking them, or are people just happy with the way they are? Second, I plan on replacing the caps and resistor in the crossover; however, a 6.0uF cap is not available, so it will have to be either a 5.8uF or a 6.2uF. I know very little about crossover design, and the presence of the transformer is making it difficult for me to follow one of the online guides. I don't figure it will make that much of a difference, as the pictures of the stock caps I have seen make them out to be cheap electrolytics with tolerances large enough for either value to be in spec, but I would still appreciate it if someone could let me know what the effect of going in either direction would be?

Hi guys. I picked up a pair of Chorus IIs earlier this week, and have noticed the upper bass "blooming". From listening close to the speakers, I believe the issue is with the woofer. The low bass is appropriately tight and controlled, and is the mid bass where you normally encounter bloating, which I find very odd. It almost sounds like distortion or maybe some portion of the speaker resonating. The issue is illustrated particularly well by the bass line in "Randy Describes Eternity" by Built to Spill. I have played around with the positioning of the speakers within the room, and moving them out away from the corners tames it somewhat, although I believe all that is happening is the bass response in general is descreasing, making it less obvious. I do not believe a room mode is responsible, as a second pair of speakers in the same room do not display the same behavior. If I had to guess, I might say that something was wrong with the crossover and the woofer was crossed over a little too high, but I don't really know how to test that. Do y'all have any ideas what might be causing this, or is this just the way Chorus IIs sound? Thanks in advance for any help. Edit: Nevermind, after trying a large variety of things, I moved them around to a few other positions and found that the issue was caused by their proximity to the side walls. It must have been a room mode after all.