I've no doubt it would work. But it seems, I don't know, improvised.
I've just noticed what seem to be Allen bolts (or similar) on the panel where the wires are connected. If I remove that panel, is the crossover located behind it?
Once I have access to the filters, it should be trivial to test a few resistors with the tweeter.
Excellent. That would preserve the impedance. It's better than my single-resistor ad-hoc scheme. Thank you for the idea.
It's been many years since I've done circuit design. Obviously there are many things I've forgot.
So I've noticed. I'm not a hater. I just think the tweeter sound is a bit more conspicuous than what my ears would expect.
The bass and the mid-frequencies are balanced with each other pretty well. That was the case also with the old speakers. It's the treble that's above both mid and bass, with the new speakers.
Raising the bass would make the whole frequency response V-shaped. I don't like that sound. I'll give it a try tomorrow, but I'm skeptical.
Yep, I'm aware of that phenomenon, I see it all the time with my headphones. And yes, the new speakers are not always too bright. In some cases they sound close to normal, just leaning a little forward. But in most cases they sound too much TSSSS, TSSSS.
Like I said, I own a pair of Grado phones, and these speakers sound just like that. Very detailed and revealing, but tiresome after a while, and artificial-like. The kind of sound that makes you hate cymbals.
I would also rate it a bit... I don't know... harsh? Metallic? Perhaps I'm imagining things.
I bought a Teac av receiver, with speakers and subwoofer, the cheapest thing at Costco in 2000 A.D. The subwoofer died first, many years ago, so it got replaced with the Cambridge Soundworks cube (which is still very good). The receiver started conking out gradually, so I've replaced it last year. And a few weeks ago I decided I hated the remaining speakers - little cheap boxes whose main design constraint was cost effectiveness. So yeah, they were bad. One of them was buzzing at high volume.
But I'm not a stranger to high quality speakers. I had a mini recording studio at home 12 years ago or so, complete with mixing table and studio monitors. I still remember that sound. It was extremely detailed, but not fatiguing, and flat enough and neutral.
And, of course, I am very familiar with the tonal balance of several species of high end headphones - but one could argue phones and speakers are too different for a direct comparison (personally I'm not sure the differences are too radical for a comparison to be allowed).
I know flat sound when I hear it. This is not it. That's what's bothering me.
Even with all EQs and tone controls turned off?
Well, I guess it's possible. I'll keep that one on the list as I'm trying different things with the whole system.
The headphone output on the receiver seems very neutral. Even in my best phones, I don't really have any major complaints there.