Hello everyone on this forum! I have some questions for some of you that are experienced in speaker modifications and similar stuff.
I have had the passive avantone cla10 (ns10 replicas) for about a year now. I have worked on original ns10's in a few studios, both the Ns-10M and the Ns10-M Studio versions.
I think Avantone did a fairly good job at recreating the ns10 soundwise except for one thing: the avantone tweeter is just plain slightly louder or more sensitive than the ns10 tweeter.
Because of that the avantone cla 10 speaker seems brighter with the high frequency unit being more dominant than on the original ns10's where the speaker sounds darker.
Many reviews seem to state the exact same thing about the avantones.
Just recently i found out that they re-released the new series of the same speakers but now with some cosmetic differences and a "TPC"- 2db tweeter attenuation switch on the back near the binding posts which lowers the volume of the tweeter by 2db, see pics attached.
The question is, how do you think this is achieved? Is it just a simple switchable - 2db L-pad inside the speaker before the tweeter or could it be something else?
I want to integrate the same mod inside my first series avantones, so that i can drop the tweeter 2db. I know that it can be achieved by an l pad but i am wondering if it will change the sound in any negative way or will it affect the crossover? i want to keep the exact same sound just attenuate the tweeter slightly.
The tweeter nominal impedance is stated 8ohms so i have calculated i need a 1.65ohm series and 31ohm parallel resistor to achieve this. Any better ways or anything?
Any advice is welcome! Thanks
I have had the passive avantone cla10 (ns10 replicas) for about a year now. I have worked on original ns10's in a few studios, both the Ns-10M and the Ns10-M Studio versions.
I think Avantone did a fairly good job at recreating the ns10 soundwise except for one thing: the avantone tweeter is just plain slightly louder or more sensitive than the ns10 tweeter.
Because of that the avantone cla 10 speaker seems brighter with the high frequency unit being more dominant than on the original ns10's where the speaker sounds darker.
Many reviews seem to state the exact same thing about the avantones.
Just recently i found out that they re-released the new series of the same speakers but now with some cosmetic differences and a "TPC"- 2db tweeter attenuation switch on the back near the binding posts which lowers the volume of the tweeter by 2db, see pics attached.
The question is, how do you think this is achieved? Is it just a simple switchable - 2db L-pad inside the speaker before the tweeter or could it be something else?
I want to integrate the same mod inside my first series avantones, so that i can drop the tweeter 2db. I know that it can be achieved by an l pad but i am wondering if it will change the sound in any negative way or will it affect the crossover? i want to keep the exact same sound just attenuate the tweeter slightly.
The tweeter nominal impedance is stated 8ohms so i have calculated i need a 1.65ohm series and 31ohm parallel resistor to achieve this. Any better ways or anything?
Any advice is welcome! Thanks
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Do you mean dc resistance or? Would calculating an l pad with tweeter dc resistance be beneficial?