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In the Thread: Crossover Design

Post Subject: Clairvoyance and the psychePosted by slack key on: 12/30/2011

Let's see "series crossovers"... hmmm, very interesting. Something to look into?  Where can I get more information? Should I contact an audio tech to design one?  Can I send the current crossovers somewhere for evaluation or do I also have send the speakers and drivers?

Amazing!

Nail on the head.  My mind-set... yes, true what you say and predictable what I do.

I do jump the gun often. It did cross my mind as to why several professional reviewers liked the DEQX... and for others, it didn't work out.  I tried a Copland TACT when it was offered through Divergent nearly two years ago.  There was better soundstage but the vocals and low level detail (e.g. the resonance of a sax, the lingering decay of the piano, the raspiness of Norah Jones or Cleo Lane) was minimized.    Anyway, the comments that I read in this forum swayed my mind and my conscience to say "90% convinced"... plus the fact that I never received any reply or acknowledgement after sending three emails to DEQX (I also read that others had difficulty getting information from them).... plus the fact that I would feel guilty spending $3k for the DEQX HD Express and software especially when Adrian with the same Edgarhorns, 2A3 amps and DEQX did some extensive trials over many months and concluded that it was not meant to be. If DEQX offered a 30-day trial, one of the questions that I asked them, I would give it a try and find out for myself it it works for me or not.

Going back to my original inquiry about soundstage and imaging with horn speakers.
I know that speaker position and room acoustics are important. I use a laser to align the speakers, room treatments, hallographs, crystals, ionizer, Z-sleeves, bybee filters, etc. I also have power conditioners, installed dedicated electric panel with thick gauge copper wires. I use high end cables throughout from power to interconnects to speakers.
I still cannot get the soundstage and imaging that I admire with some systems that I heard at CES and Rocky Mountain.
At the same time, I don't want to lose the "horn" sound.
Are there some hardware tweaks that I should try?
Simple ones first.
Or is position and acoustic treatment the only way with horn speakers?

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