These little series of repairs are great. One thing I think is cool, is how popular small speakers are in Europe. I have always been amazed how people here in the US will look right past a really good small speaker and go for a mediocre big speaker instead. I sold audio for ten + years, and it always made me crazy.
Especially these days with all of the subwoofer options. Back when I was selling audio, I only remember a couple of subwoofer options, and they were kind of expensive, and not well understood. Not like the flexibility and range of subwoofers found today.
Listening to Pink Floyd, Animals on a pair of Tab 10's as I watch. I had a pair of Tabs with the straws in the port back in the late 80's early 90's. Cracking speakers.
It is quite surprising that in such an expensive speaker the crossover includes ferrite coils and electrolitic caps. The number of the components is quite small an upgrade with good components would be not much expensive.
quick questions... What finish did you put on the cabinets, what did you clean the driver cones with, is it imperative to replace the caps in the crossovers, and finally how did they sound with the new caps? ythank you
Danish oil on the cabinets. Isopropyl alcohol to clean the woofer suspension before rubber preserver. Crossover capacitors were quite bad on these. Most over 10%. They sounded really good after. Good tonal balance, imaging and clarity. Great little speaker
Hello, I upgraded the crossovers in my Proac original tabletts with Solen film Caps, I did only the 3 ( I guess they were bipolar caps) in each speaker the 3,3 film stayed. probably the most noticeable upgrade I have ever done, thank you!
Questions are always welcome. That's a big one though. There are a number of reasons why foam or sound deadening / absorbing material is needed. There's basically as much energy output behind the driver as there is at the front. If you don't deaden it in the box the out of phase sound waves will bounce around and re-energise the cone causing lots of issues. You can control different frequencies and certain issues by using the right material. Also open cell foam or wadding can slow the air movement within the cabinet. This in effect increases the effective volume. Bass can be tighter with the right material. Think of the box being hollow. It would be full of echos and sound awful. That back wave is what your trying to control.
These little series of repairs are great. One thing I think is cool, is how popular small speakers are in Europe. I have always been amazed how people here in the US will look right past a really good small speaker and go for a mediocre big speaker instead. I sold audio for ten + years, and it always made me crazy.
These small speakers are really good. The benefit is in the imaging and detail. Couple them with a sub and you have the best of both worlds
Especially these days with all of the subwoofer options. Back when I was selling audio, I only remember a couple of subwoofer options, and they were kind of expensive, and not well understood. Not like the flexibility and range of subwoofers found today.
These are inherently musical speakers. Great job there as usual Matt. 👍
Listening to Pink Floyd, Animals on a pair of Tab 10's as I watch. I had a pair of Tabs with the straws in the port back in the late 80's early 90's. Cracking speakers.
Mr Haycross, do you have thoughts on Proac Tablette 50? Nice video
The tweeter looks like the same ones that my LS6 have.
Almost. Yours are SEAS I think. Probably the 418 ? These are SCANSPEAK 2008. Your are a little wider
It is quite surprising that in such an expensive speaker the crossover includes ferrite coils and electrolitic caps. The number of the components is quite small an upgrade with good components would be not much expensive.
quick questions... What finish did you put on the cabinets, what did you clean the driver cones with, is it imperative to replace the caps in the crossovers, and finally how did they sound with the new caps?
ythank you
Danish oil on the cabinets. Isopropyl alcohol to clean the woofer suspension before rubber preserver. Crossover capacitors were quite bad on these. Most over 10%. They sounded really good after. Good tonal balance, imaging and clarity. Great little speaker
Thank you for taking the time.
Hello, I upgraded the crossovers in my Proac original tabletts with Solen film Caps, I did only the 3 ( I guess they were bipolar caps) in each speaker the 3,3 film stayed.
probably the most noticeable upgrade I have ever done, thank you!
Very Dynamic, not as overly bright as before, soundstage is now large and has depth. Pretty amazing..
quick question if I may - why is there foam inside a speaker and can its bass characteristic be changed by adding more foam ??
Questions are always welcome. That's a big one though.
There are a number of reasons why foam or sound deadening / absorbing material is needed. There's basically as much energy output behind the driver as there is at the front. If you don't deaden it in the box the out of phase sound waves will bounce around and re-energise the cone causing lots of issues. You can control different frequencies and certain issues by using the right material. Also open cell foam or wadding can slow the air movement within the cabinet. This in effect increases the effective volume. Bass can be tighter with the right material.
Think of the box being hollow. It would be full of echos and sound awful. That back wave is what your trying to control.
🙂