Post by monkumonku on Aug 28, 2024 17:43:39 GMT -5
Back in 2010, I was using a pair of Emo 6.2 bookshelf speakers and I ran across an ad from an outfit called Skiing Ninja that sold crossover upgrade kits. They had one for the 6.2's, so I bought a kit and installed it on my Emo speakers.
After installing it and giving it a listen, I was really impressed at the improvement in the sound. It seemed like there was added clarity, among other things. Being that this was 14 years ago I don't remember all of the details, but I do recall that I was very pleased with the results.
At the time I was using an Emotiva 6.3 speaker for the center. Some time after that I decided to use the same speakers across the front so I replaced the 6.3 with another 6.2 that I ordered brand-new A stock from Emo.
When the speaker arrived, I compared it with the upgraded version. Hmmm... I could detect no difference. I played a bunch of stuff and could hear no difference whatsoever between the modded 6.2 and the stock 6.2.
Now granted, this was only comparing a single speaker since I only got one new one for the center. Still, you would think that there would be a difference. Some might say, oh, the crossover would improve the soundstage or imaging. Or there's some sort of cosmic synergy that arises from stereo instead of mono. But that would still have to come from a difference in the sound from each speaker and in this case I could not detect any difference at all. So not only did it seem my memory had played tricks on me when I thought there was such a significant improvement, but also this was a brand-new Emo speaker, thus it hadn't been "broken in" or "burned in."
So what did all of that teach me? That I should have just kept the 6.3 center and that way I would have stayed really happy with the crossover upgrade on the 6.2's.
After installing it and giving it a listen, I was really impressed at the improvement in the sound. It seemed like there was added clarity, among other things. Being that this was 14 years ago I don't remember all of the details, but I do recall that I was very pleased with the results.
At the time I was using an Emotiva 6.3 speaker for the center. Some time after that I decided to use the same speakers across the front so I replaced the 6.3 with another 6.2 that I ordered brand-new A stock from Emo.
When the speaker arrived, I compared it with the upgraded version. Hmmm... I could detect no difference. I played a bunch of stuff and could hear no difference whatsoever between the modded 6.2 and the stock 6.2.
Now granted, this was only comparing a single speaker since I only got one new one for the center. Still, you would think that there would be a difference. Some might say, oh, the crossover would improve the soundstage or imaging. Or there's some sort of cosmic synergy that arises from stereo instead of mono. But that would still have to come from a difference in the sound from each speaker and in this case I could not detect any difference at all. So not only did it seem my memory had played tricks on me when I thought there was such a significant improvement, but also this was a brand-new Emo speaker, thus it hadn't been "broken in" or "burned in."
So what did all of that teach me? That I should have just kept the 6.3 center and that way I would have stayed really happy with the crossover upgrade on the 6.2's.
