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Ed
* Sierra-2EX's W/V2 crossover upgrade
* (2) Rythmik F12's
* Parasound Halo P6
* Audio by Van Alstine DVA-M225 Monoblock Amps
* MiniDSP 2x4HD For Sub calibration
*World's Best Cables Canare 4S11 speaker cables
Just finished the kit. Took maybe an hour or so to do both. Very simple. One small issue was the connectors for the leads to the woofers...a little loose and my pliers were probably not the right tool for the job. I debated soldering them on, but remembered my DIY days and that one time I accidentally had the iron too hot and literally melted the terminal right off a tweeter. It’s a funny anecdote on a $30 tweeter, not a $300 woofer. So I managed to crimp them a bit and think it’s good enough. I’ll check in a few days and make sure they’re still tight.
Turned them on and two things I noticed immediately, without giving the woofer a fair chance to break-in:
1. They are definitely warmer than the standard S2, which I prefer.
2. The bass is huge. I also have the Buchardt S400s and didn’t think I’d find a small bookshelf that could equal their bass. Well, I think the S2-EX may be at their level.
More to come.
-Ryan
Sounds promising! Keep us posted. I’ll be upgrading sometime this year.
Do you run a sub with these and if so what do you cross it over at? I’m curious if a sub is used whether the EX driver will make much of a difference in bass response with a crossover of 80hz or higher. Since both speakers should be measuring pretty flat is there actually more bass output or just lower extension? Not sure how to interpret “more bass” if the frequency response is flat for both the regular Sierra 2 and the 2EX.
Ed
* Sierra-2EX's W/V2 crossover upgrade
* (2) Rythmik F12's
* Parasound Halo P6
* Audio by Van Alstine DVA-M225 Monoblock Amps
* MiniDSP 2x4HD For Sub calibration
*World's Best Cables Canare 4S11 speaker cables
http://forum.ascendacoustics.com/sho...0877#post60877
Hope that helps!
Ed
* Sierra-2EX's W/V2 crossover upgrade
* (2) Rythmik F12's
* Parasound Halo P6
* Audio by Van Alstine DVA-M225 Monoblock Amps
* MiniDSP 2x4HD For Sub calibration
*World's Best Cables Canare 4S11 speaker cables