Fine Tuning Forte II's (HELP)

[morg]

Just recieved a used pair of Forte II's. Was wondering if any Forte owners had any ideas to tweak them. Also what is the best way to anchor them...i put some spikes on them and it made them sound better. If there are any other ideas i would appreciate your input.

[dougdrake2]

Morg- Great speakers!!

Here's a prior thread on this topic:

http://216.37.9.58/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000419.html

http://216.37.9.58/ubb/Forum16/HTML/000141.html

DD2

This message has been edited by dougdrake2 on 10-26-2001 at 06:02 PM

[leok]

Crossover upgrades:

Did you check-out the posts from aabernathy? They're for the Forte. I found values for the Forte II, which, I think is what you want.

If you look at the crossover in your speakers, there are 2 2uF caps and a single 1.5uF cap. I replaced those with Hovland MusiCaps. There is a 110uF non-polar electrolytic. I replaced that with a 100uF and 10uF Solen polyprop. in parallel. Finally, there is a 2.75 milliHenry (not micro) iron core inductor, and I replaced that with a 2.75mH air core by Solen.

I purchased the parts from Madisound at madisound.com, just as aabernathy suggests.

Warning: the MusiCaps are pretty big, the Solen caps are huge and the inductor is bigger than huge (look at the specs at Madisound.

The resulting sound is absolutely fantastic.

Also, be sure to apply Moretite or DynaMat Extreme to the horns.

These mods will double your enjoyment of these speakers.

I will try to include a text version of the Madisound order as an attachment:

[leok]

The attachment didn't work: I'll try something simpler:

Woofer Cap (110uF total)

100uF metalized polprop. Solen $24.55

10uF metalized polprop. Solen $3.80

Woofer Inductor

2.75mH Air Core Solen $19.50

Mid Cap

1.5uF film/foil polyprop. Hovland $18.30

Tweeter Caps (2 per speaker)

2.0uF film/foil polyprop. Hovland $20.75

This sould come to $107.65 per speaker.