rushfan
Super Member
Hi all,
I recapped my Series 2 Monitor 10's yesterday and I thought that a couple of you might be interested in a few photos of the crossovers. I bought a kit online from a seller who seems to know his stuff. His instructions were clear as day and the whole job took me about one hour. Experienced DIY'ers could do it in less, I'm sure.
What you can't see in the photos is that the single 27 mfd capacitor on the left side in the first photo has been replaced by a 12 mfd and a 15 mfd capacitor wired in parallel. The 12 is soldered to the 15's leads and hidden underneath the PCB. This kind of reverses the situation where the OEM 12 mfd and 4 mfd parts were replaced by a single 16 mfd capacitor, seen at the top in the last photo. I hot glued the new parts to keep everything from moving around.
I wish that I could tell you how the upgraded speakers sound, but I really don't know at the moment! The speakers reside in my living room which is Grand Central in my house. I only gave them a quick listen at low volume to ensure that I put everything back together properly. I'm hoping to give them a real audition in another day or two. I can tell you this for sure - the bass response is noticeably improved. Even at low volume I could tell right away.
I'm not expecting miracles - the speakers sounded great before the recap - but I am looking for a bit more finesse from them. Recapping crossovers is such a cheap and easy upgrade. My Pioneer HPM-100's were an order of magnitude better after recapping their crossovers.
I'll report back in a couple of days when I have given the Polk's a proper audition. In the meantime, if it's not against the rules, PM me and I will reply with a link to the seller's listings. He has kits for all of the different Monitor 10 versions.
Thanks for looking!
I recapped my Series 2 Monitor 10's yesterday and I thought that a couple of you might be interested in a few photos of the crossovers. I bought a kit online from a seller who seems to know his stuff. His instructions were clear as day and the whole job took me about one hour. Experienced DIY'ers could do it in less, I'm sure.
What you can't see in the photos is that the single 27 mfd capacitor on the left side in the first photo has been replaced by a 12 mfd and a 15 mfd capacitor wired in parallel. The 12 is soldered to the 15's leads and hidden underneath the PCB. This kind of reverses the situation where the OEM 12 mfd and 4 mfd parts were replaced by a single 16 mfd capacitor, seen at the top in the last photo. I hot glued the new parts to keep everything from moving around.
I wish that I could tell you how the upgraded speakers sound, but I really don't know at the moment! The speakers reside in my living room which is Grand Central in my house. I only gave them a quick listen at low volume to ensure that I put everything back together properly. I'm hoping to give them a real audition in another day or two. I can tell you this for sure - the bass response is noticeably improved. Even at low volume I could tell right away.
I'm not expecting miracles - the speakers sounded great before the recap - but I am looking for a bit more finesse from them. Recapping crossovers is such a cheap and easy upgrade. My Pioneer HPM-100's were an order of magnitude better after recapping their crossovers.
I'll report back in a couple of days when I have given the Polk's a proper audition. In the meantime, if it's not against the rules, PM me and I will reply with a link to the seller's listings. He has kits for all of the different Monitor 10 versions.
Thanks for looking!