Loudly Does It Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 A while back I posted this thread with the same topic. https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/175487-crossover-upgrade-for-rf-5/ After some great advice from the forum, I kept doing more research I came across this thread and I was scared off by what happened to him and did not go ahead with the job https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/152035-newbie-looking-to-upgrade-crossovers-on-my-reference-rf-3-ii/ At the time all I had was a soldering iron and not a gun with which I could regulate temperature. It seems as if the board is very sensitive and I worried about accidentally touching it and frying it. There isn't a lot of room in the speaker for a new board for all the pieces without moving the foam in there, so I didn't want to risk having to move that around and compromise the sound. Audio is like a woman. Extremely temperamental. So can I clip the lead into the cap ( the 20 uF is the tweeter cap) and weld the 24 awg wire from there to the board I am using inside. Of course that doesn't solve the problem with the red, 5.5 uF, which also would have to be changed. Any recommendations on that one, or do I have no other choice but to practice my desoldering so I can take it off. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Do you have all the parts? If so I can do it for you. Just pay the shipping to me and backMessage me if you need the helpSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loudly Does It Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 4 hours ago, carlthess40 said: Do you have all the parts? If so I can do it for you. Just pay the shipping to me and back Message me if you need the help Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk No, I haven't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 When I had Bob work on my RF-3 XO's, I had seen that thread too. The guy was not listening to anything that any of the members were saying, and instead just stopped reading when there was the slightest bit of criticism - no matter how constructive (or lack thereof). I opted to have Bob build mine. He built them on wood, which looked very nice, and seemed to work very well. I then installed the XO's in the front of the tower underneath the lower woofer. I trimmed the foam just a little bit; enough to make room for the components on the board. There were no issues. As long as you're leaving the foam around the port you shouldn't have a problem. I would imagine that the 5's should respond well to an XO update. My 3's did, to my ears anyway. I also swapped out the tweeter diaphragms, but I'm not sure you'd want/need to do this in the 5's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 This will be fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 8 minutes ago, Deang said: This will be fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loudly Does It Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Deang said: This will be fun to watch. Where do you see this going off the rails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 After reading through that thread, what could possibly go wrong, right? That thread is a good one. He was warned. I tried to stop him. Gave him plenty of reasons to let someone else do it. He got more keystrokes out of me than he deserved. The RF-5 is a pain. It’s not like you can just drop new capacitors into those spaces, and then when you get creative, you realize the leads won’t reach. There’s a few good “gotchas” with these. @carlthess40 offered to help, you should take advantage of that. Like I said in the other thread, there are good reasons why I don’t involve myself in the DIY efforts of others. It always starts with asking for a few pointers, and then eventually devolves into rage because I won’t write a tutorial for them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loudly Does It Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 23 hours ago, carlthess40 said: Do you have all the parts? If so I can do it for you. Just pay the shipping to me and back Message me if you need the help Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk How much would it cost to do them if I had the parts? You can send me a private message, if you would rather not talk numbers here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Just supply the parts and pay for the shipping to and from I’d be more than happy to do it for you I’m not gonna charge you for laborI’m in deltona Fl zip code 32725Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 My email is carlthess@yahoo.comSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEngVic Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 19 hours ago, Deang said: After reading through that thread, what could possibly go wrong, right? That thread is a good one. He was warned. I tried to stop him. Gave him plenty of reasons to let someone else do it. He got more keystrokes out of me than he deserved. The RF-5 is a pain. It’s not like you can just drop new capacitors into those spaces, and then when you get creative, you realize the leads won’t reach. There’s a few good “gotchas” with these. @carlthess40 offered to help, you should take advantage of that. Like I said in the other thread, there are good reasons why I don’t involve myself in the DIY efforts of others. It always starts with asking for a few pointers, and then eventually devolves into rage because I won’t write a tutorial for them. JUST TELL ME HOW TO DO IT!!!🤣 No, seriously, I have a shelf in the garage with many of the amps, drivers, caps, boards, and cabinets I've fried, over-and-under chopped, burned, put a screwdriver through, or otherwise destroyed in my 30 years of "learning" how to DIY. I even blew up a few meters, mics, and scopes. The guy who really knows how to do it is the guy who knows all the countless ways it can go wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Like my kid brother says: "You have to make mistakes to learn." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgleason Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 What ever happened with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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