Do you use the Solens because they are cheap and effective or, in biased networks are they clearly superior?Originally Posted by 4313B
Do you use the Solens because they are cheap and effective or, in biased networks are they clearly superior?
All the above. If I could afford to charge-couple $100 boutique capacitors I would use them instead. What I am not going to do is use $100 boutique capacitors unbiased. Greg told me a few years ago - "I don't even bother wasting my time listening to unbiased networks anymore." Yeah, I get what he is saying.
Unfortunately I have wasted my time listening to unbiased networks and I prefer biased. I even biased my Tannoy networks. That was a hoot and a holler!
But... I also have first hand experience in biasing 250Ti's and to me it is a real PITA so I can certainly understand any hesitation taking on the task. You couldn't pay me enough money to build another pair of biased 250Ti networks.
Why not just use your N250Ti as stock for a while and enjoy them for what they are.
I think the rational for any desire to amend the crossovers will be a lot clearer then.
If you do open them up it will become immediately obvious then as to whether you will be bothered to proceed on the path to build new charge coupled networks.
Is it the size of the crossover or all the bus bars that make it a pain in the arse?All the above. If I could afford to charge-couple $100 boutique capacitors I would use them instead. What I am not going to do is use $100 boutique capacitors unbiased. Greg told me a few years ago - "I don't even bother wasting my time listening to unbiased networks anymore." Yeah, I get what he is saying.
Unfortunately I have wasted my time listening to unbiased networks and I prefer biased. I even biased my Tannoy networks. That was a hoot and a holler!
But... I also have first hand experience in biasing 250Ti's and to me it is a real PITA so I can certainly understand any hesitation taking on the task. You couldn't pay me enough money to build another pair of biased 250Ti networks.
I had the Jantzen distributor in Australia bias my L212s and he didn't complain too much. They even fit on a piece of mdf where the original ones are. I didn't use any fancy or huge coils in them so it was a relatively small build.
Strangely my L212's had two different stock networks.
Absolutely mate, I do intend to listen to them for a while before biasing them. I rushed into it with my L212's but the effects were still noticeable.
On a side note I will now own 3 pairs of GT 4-ways (I think you could count the L212's as 3-ways, I use them with a pair of 2203 subs anyway) 4315B's, L212s and 250TI's. Yay for me. The 4315's have proved to a be a real hard speaker to drive, my tube amps couldn't cut it. I needed to buy a Classe power amp to handle them.
After the responses so far I will most certainly build biased networks for them at some point, wax coils and all.
What the hell is a "wax" coil?
I think I've read it here now about five thousand times
Wax-Coil
The ultimate audio inductor.
The coil is wound from 99.99% pure copper foil on a hardwood core.
Interleaved with a layer of 60µm quality paper that is impregnated with polymolecular parrafin wax.
This results in a coil that is hard as a rock.
Each coil is then tested with a Clio system.
I used all Jantzen parts in my 4365 networks, including those coils. I have nothing bad to say about them.
Do you think the Solens would have been better in the 4365 networks, interested why you chose Jantzens.
I think there coils is where the excel. For the price and quality they are hard to beat.
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