Elac B6 Modification

"I'd b willing to bet that a stock UB5 would kill any modified B6"  
  That wouldn't be a safe bet, it depends on your taste... I've compared the curves and know the materials in both.  The UB5 has a dip at 5 to 8k, then rise to a peak at 10k or so....Some people would like that, others would really hear that dip followed by the peak... The cabinets on the UB5 are better materials and better braced than the B6 and the stiffer coned drivers should produce a bit more detail... normally, I would like the detail, but with a dip followed by  that peak on the top end,  I'd probably prefer the B6... I would also add a thin t brace to the B6 that would help its cabinet resonances... I'm sure that I'll be challenged and that's fine,  but I've been at this speaker game for along time,  I try to separate fact from opinion... curves can be a bit deceiving depending on cone material,  but they really don't lie.... Curves, cabinet,  crossover parts quality,  driver material,  they do tell a story...... But,  clearly,  the UB5 is a Great speaker and for the Abundance of people that want nothing to do with modifying a speaker,  it would be a no brainer to get the UB5... For someone like  me, that has  all the parts here at home, my cost to upgrade a B6 is bupkis,  I fire up my soldering iron several times a week and have built countless speakers,  I'd do the mod.
Not trying to convince anyone to buy these or even do the mod.  Its just a simple reply to a single line stated earlier..... Also as mentioned in another thread about great speakers under $500... there are a lot of great speakers out there.

The B6 is a great speaker. Hands down a bargain. I agree with the philosophy that once you change the values of the original design, you're not really listening to the speaker anymore but if you simply upgrade the parts quality and reinforce the cabinet your'e doing what Andrew Jones probably would like to have done but didn't make sense to meet the price point. That's just economics. Keep the same values, I'm going with Mundorf caps and Ohmite and better inductors (I measure the stock ones and make sure I match the replacements exactly). That way I know I'm listening to what was designed by the designer, I'm just getting a better quality version. It's funny how so many folks on audio threads feel that they just can't bring themselves to like a product that gets great reviews and is popular. It's like they have something to prove. Here's my take- don't buy it if you don't want to but I celebrate when someone hits a benchmark at a price point because that's what a designer's biggest challenge is when designing in the lower regions of true quality hifi. Of course there's the other end where price is literally not an object, just performance.

Danny suggested the mods in a forum and AJ basically told Danny that he didn’t know what he was talking about and if folks wanted an upgrade they should wait for his next speaker (UB5). Now Danny is doing this to troll AJ and get some publicity is my guess. The drivers and cabinets of the B6 are not special or deserving of a $300 mod.

Andrew has his pride in the way...

Lets see if the modifier/s can make a speaker from the ground up at a cheaper price, and better than the Elac B6. Simple init?
After all, we all would like to have the performance of a Nissan GT-R for the price of a Nissan Versa.

The only reason to mod a speaker in that price range is if one was interested in doing it themselves. Investment is in time, not dollars. For some that is part of this hobby.