Aspenmarie Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 Hey All, Just got a pair of Heresy IIs and I'm already looking for ways to tweak 'em. Currently driving them with Quicksilver 8417 mono amps, Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 preamp, and HK 8550 cd changer. The setup works pretty nicely, but a touch too bright and sibilant. I'd like to wring some of the bugs out. First off, what is the recommended positioning for these speakers. I've started with them about 8 feet apart, against the back wall and toed in. Any hints? For example, I looked at the crossover and it looks like four blue film (?) capacitors, an electrolytic, a ferrite bobbin coil and an air-core coil. The coils both look pretty anemic. An upgraded crossover seems mandatory, but does anyone have a schematic? How about damping the horns? Saw something about damping with modeling clay, but not sure what the specific sonic results are. Also, in mine, there is a single piece of acoustic foam in an upside-down u-shape behind the woofer. Would lining the inside of the cabinet with deflex or fiberglass help? I have some long-term ideas bouncing around in my head too. For example, why not make a separate cabinet for the woofer and mount the horns on an open baffle on top? Thanks in advance, Jeff Englert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 Damping the horns will probably reduce their silibance (sp), some. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMinion Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 I made a mod to my Heresy 1's, to improve low frequency response, as they sound more like a minimonitor than a loudspeaker with a good-sized woofer in my opinion. Used a JBL 123-A woofer (mine is actually a 2213, same driver).. might have to fiddle around with the tone control a little, but the LF response is much improved. Might sacrifice a little on power handling, but they get pretty damn loud and I haven't noticed any problems. As for where to get the 123 if you want to try that (the white cone/black dust cap looks cool as hell sitting in there!), I found mine on ebay. I tried this with a Speakerlab W-1208R before, too, which was fantastic, but alas, the drivers were not mine and I had to give them back. Really authoritative though, they had major slam to them, no need for a subwoofer at all. Good luck finding 1208Rs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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