jimjimbo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Starting on winter projects, because, well, there's 6 inches of snow out there, and it's damn cold.... Decided to try what I'm thinking is going to be a very worthwhile "update" to the LSI splits that I acquired several years ago from a fellow forum member who I'm sure is still pi$$ed that he even decided to sell them.... Anyway, installing A-55G mids and Crites CT120 tweeters over recapped AA crossovers. Got one done this afternoon, and working on the other tonight. Not a whole lot of room to work in the HF section, so it's a bit slow going. Modest checkout tonight, looking forward to cranking them up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 With those drivers, there's no doubt they'll sound great. Ask me how I know (finally). What caps are you using in the LSI's? The Daytons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Do you need 55's... I might have a pair NIB for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 hour ago, avguytx said: With those drivers, there's no doubt they'll sound great. Ask me how I know (finally). What caps are you using in the LSI's? The Daytons? Yes, the Dayton Precision Audio 1%. They sounded great with the "old" drivers, should be terrific with the new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 45 minutes ago, Schu said: Do you need 55's... I might have a pair NIB for sale. Please send me a PM with price and shipping. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Let me give it some thought. I got them for my LS but they have never been installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jimjimbo Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 10 minutes ago, Schu said: Let me give it some thought. I got them for my LS but they have never been installed. Schu, I'll be honest, I would very highly doubt that you would want to replace the K-55-X in your LS II's with the A55G's. The symmetry, presentation and imagery between all of the drivers in your speakers is damn hard to beat. Personally, I think you'd be wasting your time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I tend to agree with you... I approached improvement from another perspective and found a sweet spot that I think would be hard to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 20 hours ago, jimjimbo said: Yes, the Dayton Precision Audio 1%. They sounded great with the "old" drivers, should be terrific with the new ones. Should have tried the Genteq's. They'll fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Jim, you should try some of these Russian MBGO capacitors from this seller. He was a helluva nice person and matched things up so I had 2 caps that totaled 13uf in parallel plus the other two 2uf caps per board; they were matched pairs. Wasn't a lot of money and they sound really darn good. I had them in a short amount of time, too, from Bulgaria. I forgot to take pictures of my Type AA's all done...only had a part way picture; not that they were overly exciting, but turned out good for being on the vintage boards. I think I spent about 40 bucks on all of them shipped. This is the only pic I had. I'll get another with them all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 I've got a surplus of Dayton's, Clarity Caps and two Genteqs from Carl. As good as the Dayton's sounded already, I wanted to try the new drivers with them. I'll be building/modding some other networks this winter, so will give the Genteqs a go, and perhaps the Russians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I still may go ahead and order some new autoformers and coils to build another pair for "tinkering". Maybe something where caps could be kind of a quick disconnect/swap, if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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