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First and foremost, I'm well aware that this is not on the caliber of most systems here, but this is just my bedroom stereo and it sounds good as it is, but not nearly perfect. What I'm using is an old(20+ years old) Sony system with the speakers that came with it. Got them from my grandmother when she moved in with my aunt and I've loved how clean and precise the system sounds since I can remember. The system was very rarely used and is in perfect shape.
The only major drawback to the system is that despite having three independent cones in the floor standing speakers, it uses a single input and does not have an internal crossover. I have not cut it open to verify how it's wired, but I can hear that all three speakers, a 1.5" tweeter, ~3" mid and 8" sub are all attempting to output the same frequencies and it's causing a notable dulling to the mids.
Source is typically a computer I have near by, that was running a stock Emu-1212m, till the 0202 daughter card died so I broke out a few year old CD player that has always been the best sounding component I own, I just don't like having to deal with disks constantly, and it's only made the problem more noticeable. I'll be upgrading to an external USB dac like the fubarII and I know that's not going to help, so I want to buy/build a passive crossover to add to the back of or inside the tower to help filter frequencies to the speakers best suited to output those frequencies, and hopefully help sharpen up the mids.
I can read a diagram with ease and can solder well to very well, so I wouldn't be against building one if that's really be best budget option. The real kicker here is that the WAF is non-existant so I have to do this on a very limited budget. Any advice?
Thanks,
AD
The only major drawback to the system is that despite having three independent cones in the floor standing speakers, it uses a single input and does not have an internal crossover. I have not cut it open to verify how it's wired, but I can hear that all three speakers, a 1.5" tweeter, ~3" mid and 8" sub are all attempting to output the same frequencies and it's causing a notable dulling to the mids.
Source is typically a computer I have near by, that was running a stock Emu-1212m, till the 0202 daughter card died so I broke out a few year old CD player that has always been the best sounding component I own, I just don't like having to deal with disks constantly, and it's only made the problem more noticeable. I'll be upgrading to an external USB dac like the fubarII and I know that's not going to help, so I want to buy/build a passive crossover to add to the back of or inside the tower to help filter frequencies to the speakers best suited to output those frequencies, and hopefully help sharpen up the mids.
I can read a diagram with ease and can solder well to very well, so I wouldn't be against building one if that's really be best budget option. The real kicker here is that the WAF is non-existant so I have to do this on a very limited budget. Any advice?
Thanks,
AD