Voodoo chile Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 Hello all, Me again with my CF-3 problems. I bought a db meter from radio shack the other weekend to recalibrate my system with the new speakers. My CF-3's had speaker 1 with the mesh screen in place, speaker 2 was missing it. So I removed the mesh screen from speaker 1 because it sounded brighter that the other. This helped. When I was recalibrating the speakers with white noise I found out that speaker 2(originally without the screen) is 1.5 db lower than the other! Also I can hear the difference in volume. I call Klipsch and the replacement driver is $210. I just want to know if anyone here thinks that the driver in speaker 2 could be damaged or if it might be a crossover problem? All the speaker wire is the same length, the connectors are good. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 Thoughts... If both speakers weren't in exactly the same spot when you measured them, it is possible that identical speakers might measure differently. If they were in their normal listening positions, did you try swapping them around and measuring again? Output of the same model tweeter can vary. This is just manufacturing tolerances. I don't think 1.5 dB is out of the question. If you buy a new one, there is no guarantee it will fix the problem. I doubt you actually hear the difference in level. This is not to say there isn't one, or that you don't hear some kind of difference between the speakers, just that a 1.5 dB difference is less than most humans can detect, particularly beyond the normal voice range. If the tweeter difference is real and audible, and the speakers otherwise match, you could just pad the input to the louder tweeter with a resistor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo chile Posted April 7, 2002 Author Share Posted April 7, 2002 Malcom, Good points! I'll give them a shot. When I did the tests with the meter I had it placed in the center of the two about 7-8 ft out. Thanks, V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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