Ducatista47
08-18-2006, 09:03 PM
I hope this question is not as stupid as it sounds. In his astonishingly useful post about improving the 4345, 250Ti and by inference other similarly equiped JBL's, Greg Timbers said to junk the L Pads and substitute resistors of the working value determined by setup.
Reality One: I haven't gotten around to it yet and can not very soon.
Reality Two: I would like to do what I can at no cost and minimal effort right now.
So...does it make sense to turn down (to the plus dB direction - less resistance) the pads to the lowest balanced settings? Since the speakers are bi-amped, to compensate I need only turn up the power amp for the low pass. Lord knows I have enough power to do that. Would taking most of the resistance out of the circuit lessen the negative sonic effects of having the pads in the circuit in the first place? I know I should have studied how L-pads are wired first, but after asking as many dumb questions as I have, I'm not shy about it any more.:D
In fact, what sense does padding down the entire high pass make in a bi-amped system? None, I would think.
Clark in Peoria
Reality One: I haven't gotten around to it yet and can not very soon.
Reality Two: I would like to do what I can at no cost and minimal effort right now.
So...does it make sense to turn down (to the plus dB direction - less resistance) the pads to the lowest balanced settings? Since the speakers are bi-amped, to compensate I need only turn up the power amp for the low pass. Lord knows I have enough power to do that. Would taking most of the resistance out of the circuit lessen the negative sonic effects of having the pads in the circuit in the first place? I know I should have studied how L-pads are wired first, but after asking as many dumb questions as I have, I'm not shy about it any more.:D
In fact, what sense does padding down the entire high pass make in a bi-amped system? None, I would think.
Clark in Peoria