In Reply to: RE: Peter Gunn: "...true ribbon models simply can't be done." posted by Dad on March 24, 2008 at 16:50:38:
My mod is based on my belief that the shared 1st order XO of the SMGa is the best XO any maggie driver can use, and I adapt it for every other model.
The large ribbon tweeter models have panels that instead of having midbass and tweeter sections, have a seperate mid and bass driver and for some reason they don't want to play nice together. Because of this it is nearly impossible to apply this XO. At first my guy said he couldn't do it at all, and then eventually he figured out how to but the cost of the parts alone was like $1,400, and it would require a XO box the size of a steamer trunk.
Not only is this obviously rediculous, part of the beauty of this XO is the minimal-ness of parts. That's kind of lost with 8 inductors and 15 caps per side.... or whatever it worked out to.
So going to a good active XO is probably the best option for tweaking these models.
It's all about the music...
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