Please help me understand my Heresy II crossovers a little better�

[elviszappa]

"I don't think you want to increase the output of the woofer at crossover"

I
agree. I was asking this question, in reference to Antone's post, to
try to understand how the different components work together an what
they each do. I don't have the ability or desire to redesign the crossover. EZ

[elviszappa]

"just curious what your intended goal is"

A quick story to
explain. Through my job at Verizon I spend 3 weeks at home and than 3
weeks in NYC ..and then ...repeat! Thank God retirement is only 5 years
away, I'm getting to old for this.

On my last tour I stopped at The Stereo Exchange in Manhattan on my lunch hour. I got a
chance to listen to flagship models from Bowers and Wilkins, Sonus Faber
and Totem Acoustic ..all matched very high end electronics.

Talking
with a coworker after lunch he asked my what I had though. It hit then,
I was expecting to be blow away but I wasn't. Don't get me wrong they
all sounded VERY good and if I won the lotto I'd be in there buying the
next day. But for me, they did
not
sound that ($) much better the my Klipsch/ Marantz system. Honestly I think my Heresy II are about 85 - 90% "there".

Thinking
about it, what they had over my speakers was a very realistic, wide and
deep sound stage. Listening to some traditional jazz in one room every
instrument was in it's own distinct place without all "bleeding"
together in the middle. My Heresy's are quite good with "imaging" but
these were a cut above. I'm really quite happy that my system compared
so well overall.

I am of the belief that a lot of that openness
and realism is do to the crossovers ... taking the source components out
of the equation that is. So I'm trying to decide if I could take my
Heresy's to the 90 - 95% point by upgrading crossover. It's a tall order
I know but really do like their sound. The flip side of all this is
once I settle on a design I have to sit down and decide if it's worth
the cost. The other option for me has always been to retire my H II and
either upgrade them to H
III or find some used H III the I could buy. EZ

[mustang guy]

If you want to take your Heresy's to the next level, trade them in for a set of LaScalas, Belle Klipsches, or Klipschorns. Size does matter, and so does having a 100% horn loaded three way speaker, which the heresy is not.

[elviszappa]

For me size is a problem with that upgrade idea....unless I went with some of the newer, narrower floor models. But that's a whole other ball wax. EZ

[moray james]

ok you said "My whole goal is to get every last ounce of quality sound out
of my Hersey's that I can" so the question is what are you able to do and what are you willing to do? What kind of budget are you prepared to invest? I don't suppose you ever make it out as far as Calgary Alberta do you? An hour in front of my Heresy 3 might give you some insperation.These Heresy can make bass and are very good in every way that I can tink of. Short of you sitting and listening there is no way for you to know what they can do. I do however believe that you would be more than impressed I think that you would be amazed at what a Heresy can do. You can do the samr to your Heresy 2 and obtain similar results. This is not a small project but it is not overly complex or expensive. I have not ydet touched the H2 networks that may or may not come later. I hope that this is of some interest. Best regards Moray James.

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