xlerb
New member
Hello DIY folks there!
I have couple of questions regarding my pair of MartinLogan Monolith III.
Unfortunately original woofer elements have got physical damage (children and pencil), so I need to replace those. I did research and found at least Peerless 830669 and HiVi W12 has been used as a replacement, but that was 2006.
1) I wonder what might be best replacement at todays market? Perhaps Peerless XXLS?
2) When woofer level is less than original, should I change resistors (I assume R1 (2k 50W) and R4 (50k 50W) while speaker box is open, or does is make difference if I put extra serial+parallel resistor at ESL input (after passive crossover box)? What is resistance of ESL for calculating new resistors?
Haven’t open box yet, so I took above values form this diagram:
http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=16533&d=1378884467
3) Is there a way to tweak “music sense” sensitivity (or bypass it all together)?
While woofers were ok, often happened that my listening level was so low that music sense shutdown power on ESL.
Cheers,
-jla
I have couple of questions regarding my pair of MartinLogan Monolith III.
Unfortunately original woofer elements have got physical damage (children and pencil), so I need to replace those. I did research and found at least Peerless 830669 and HiVi W12 has been used as a replacement, but that was 2006.
1) I wonder what might be best replacement at todays market? Perhaps Peerless XXLS?
2) When woofer level is less than original, should I change resistors (I assume R1 (2k 50W) and R4 (50k 50W) while speaker box is open, or does is make difference if I put extra serial+parallel resistor at ESL input (after passive crossover box)? What is resistance of ESL for calculating new resistors?
Haven’t open box yet, so I took above values form this diagram:
http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=16533&d=1378884467
3) Is there a way to tweak “music sense” sensitivity (or bypass it all together)?
While woofers were ok, often happened that my listening level was so low that music sense shutdown power on ESL.
Cheers,
-jla