echomancer
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So tomorrow I'll be picking up a set of the new Studiophile BX8s by MAudio (don't try and talk me out of it, I spent about 2 hours today listening to monitors, and for the price, these sounded the best to my ears). I'm particularly amazed by the low end reproduction of these speakers, I heard new depth to Ben Harper that had just never been there before!
Now, one thing that I have noticed in a lot of reviews is that the highs can sound brittle to some people. These speakers have a -2dB and a -4dB pad for high frequencies between 2 and 5 kHz. Some reviewers felt this wasn't "wide" enough to solve the brittleness.
Now, for all you DIYers, I've got a question. Can I modify these speakers so that the high attenuation pad is "variable"? Maybe I can select the frequency range that this switch affects or perhaps just the width? I know a little about electronics, but not much as to how they affect audio. I'm very handy with a soldering iron though!
These monitors will be much better than my first generation Alesis M1 Actives, so I'm still improving as far as I'm concerned, but if I can make this mod to these speakers, they'll be even better.
Thanks for the input!
Now, one thing that I have noticed in a lot of reviews is that the highs can sound brittle to some people. These speakers have a -2dB and a -4dB pad for high frequencies between 2 and 5 kHz. Some reviewers felt this wasn't "wide" enough to solve the brittleness.
Now, for all you DIYers, I've got a question. Can I modify these speakers so that the high attenuation pad is "variable"? Maybe I can select the frequency range that this switch affects or perhaps just the width? I know a little about electronics, but not much as to how they affect audio. I'm very handy with a soldering iron though!
These monitors will be much better than my first generation Alesis M1 Actives, so I'm still improving as far as I'm concerned, but if I can make this mod to these speakers, they'll be even better.
Thanks for the input!