zingo Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I was rewiring my Fortes last night and on the right speaker just followed the stock wiring pattern. When I moved to the left speaker, I also started to follow the stock wiring, but quickly realized that the mid and tweeter horns were wired out of phase (opposite) to the right speaker. These speakers are used to me and who knows how many hands have been on them before I got them last year, but are the horns supposed to be wire opposite to eachother? I rewired the speakers with all drivers in phase of eachother, and will do some listening to see how they sound. Any help would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chi-town Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I can only speak for my forte II which are wired in phase. I would think that the forte would be in phase as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhendrix Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 In the Forte I, the mid-range driver is out of phase with the woofer and tweeter. The woofer and tweeter are both "in phase" with each other. The crossover schematic is attached. Forte I Crossover schematic.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 If you are interested in a crossover upgrade, I purchased all new caps from Bob Crites about a year ago that I did not use. I would be willing to sell them at a discount price. Let me know if you are interested, also did you get your wiring figured out how do they sound. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zingo Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Thanks for the offer. I actually built upgraded crossovers myself using Jantzen audio caps, inductors, and resistors, and also using the upgraded autotransformers from Bob Crites. I then rewired all the drivers with Janten solid core speaker wire, and finally upgraded to Crites Titanium tweeter diaphragms. I did get the wiring worked out as I had correctly inverted the phase of the mid horn at the crossover, and the speakers sound fantastic! Thanks for all the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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