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HELP AFTER MY MODS, My tweeters are subdued and weak-

So I have a pair of Mirage M1 speakers, I changed the caps in the crossovers to Jantzen Superior Z (for the tweeters) and standard z for the mids and bass.
 
I also changed the internal cabling to Supra Classic 2.5.

First Impressions-  Not burned in yet
The highs are there but really recessed in the background. Theres a song I reference and it has a steel guitar solo, I can bearly hear it through the vocals because its seems recessed so far back.

SO HERES THE QUESTION- Is that a symptom of unburned in cables and or caps, or is that just what Supra cables give you?

When I changed the internal cabling a few years back on the same model speaker, I used DH LABS t14 Silver plated cable, This had the opposite effect, it was super bright and fast, but it smoothed out and the brightness relaxed, leaving a lot of detail but not so much your ears bled.

But here its the opposite, its dull on the top end and the vocals kind of take over and blur out the top end.

idahifi
erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
Idahifi,

no. ESR = equivalent series resistance.

It is measured at specific frequencies, and may be different.

Again, i don't know why you are going down this route. Experiment first, replace the caps I listed. See if this fixes things. THEN if that is the problem you'll need to get measurements.

Best,


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idahifi OP
100 posts
 
Also, tried changing the position of the speakers in relation to the wall, it made no difference on the top end, at least when using the Tara's. It's so rolled off sounding it really sounds like the pre/pro has some strange surround field that's changing the sound , but that's not the case.
idahifi OP
100 posts
 
So, c3 and c4 are the two 6.8uF; and the two 8uF. Would you do the 57uF in c1 also or just the c3-4
idahifi OP
100 posts
 
I've got about a few days of music played thru these, and the smoothness is increasing all the time but the weird tweeter thing remains.
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