I'm taking my dissasembled speaker to our local xo master/guru Rick Craig and getting his opinion.. I'm fully capable of admitting when I'm in over my head!
But at the same time I'm enjoying the learning!
Mike, I'm pretty sure I'll have to go outboard on the XO's... more to come on that.
So, I'll report more... and Steve, I'll be happy to let you hear what the improvements do.. Maybe we could do a direct comparison at some point... I did that once in the past with a couple pair of Usher 718's where I had the V-cap upgrade.. I think you were there, it was a long time ago.
I think the sub 1,k Usher's had a better xo design than these 15,k Piega's... so, I expect a bigger improvement but I'm not real pleased with what I've found so far... and some poor work has been identified by myself, Rich, and now Rick. The cabinet is great and the drivers are mighty fine... but I'm really looking forward to this tweak/complete rework now.
-C