Hey guys,
I've finally finished replacing all the bad/mismatched drivers on my RS-4b's (one bad midrange, 4 incorrect woofers).
Now that I'm listening to them more seriously, I'm finding things I don't like. The tweeter sounds quick and clear, like it should. However, it's the only driver that sounds good to me. The midrange is unengaging at best, and at worst, it sounds like there's a blanket over it. The bass is slow, sodden and wooly. Very boomy and muddy with no extension. I'm shocked at the bass the most. I never thought 8" woofers in a sealed cabinet would sound so boomy. I don't really hear anything below probably around 80hz, but what is there is very peaky. Overall, the speakers just sound dull and flat, but with a very bright treble. The tweeters sound completely disassociated from the rest of the speaker, much like the old infamous Heil AMT speakers. Both l-pads are set right in the middle and are working fine.
I'm wondering if the crossovers would benefit from a recap? If not, I don't really see myself keeping these speakers. They're just not very revealing. If I do recap, what would be the best way to do it? I can't even see the crossovers right now because of all the batting. I'm also not sure how to remove the batting without ruining it, as it seems to be secured somehow.
Hope I didn't waste my money on these. So far, I'm quite underwhelmed by them.
EDIT: I also wanted to add some information about my system. I'm powering them with an Integra AVR. It's from around 2008 or so and has a setting for 4 ohm speakers, which I am using. I run it in "Direct" mode, so there's no signal processing, crossover, equalisation, etc going on. It's being fed by the optical output from my two Marantz CD 300 disc changers.
I've finally finished replacing all the bad/mismatched drivers on my RS-4b's (one bad midrange, 4 incorrect woofers).
Now that I'm listening to them more seriously, I'm finding things I don't like. The tweeter sounds quick and clear, like it should. However, it's the only driver that sounds good to me. The midrange is unengaging at best, and at worst, it sounds like there's a blanket over it. The bass is slow, sodden and wooly. Very boomy and muddy with no extension. I'm shocked at the bass the most. I never thought 8" woofers in a sealed cabinet would sound so boomy. I don't really hear anything below probably around 80hz, but what is there is very peaky. Overall, the speakers just sound dull and flat, but with a very bright treble. The tweeters sound completely disassociated from the rest of the speaker, much like the old infamous Heil AMT speakers. Both l-pads are set right in the middle and are working fine.
I'm wondering if the crossovers would benefit from a recap? If not, I don't really see myself keeping these speakers. They're just not very revealing. If I do recap, what would be the best way to do it? I can't even see the crossovers right now because of all the batting. I'm also not sure how to remove the batting without ruining it, as it seems to be secured somehow.
Hope I didn't waste my money on these. So far, I'm quite underwhelmed by them.
EDIT: I also wanted to add some information about my system. I'm powering them with an Integra AVR. It's from around 2008 or so and has a setting for 4 ohm speakers, which I am using. I run it in "Direct" mode, so there's no signal processing, crossover, equalisation, etc going on. It's being fed by the optical output from my two Marantz CD 300 disc changers.
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