I have a 3 way speaker system made by GMI that bought brand new a few months ago. I bought two of them. They have an 18" woofer a 19" horn and 6 tweeters. They used to be 500 dollars each 4 or 5 years ago they now are 200 bucks each on ebay. So I purchased them and I upgraded them. I bought two audio pipe high power cross over circuit board's that are rated 1000 watts rms. 625 hertz to 5000 hertz. The speakers themselves originally had no crossovers just resistors and capacitors. They also had noticeable distortion because of that. I used 16 gauge monster xp double braided dielectric superflux wire for best power transfer and minimal distortion. They also have upgraded JBL selenium drivers I installed for the horns along with the Audiopipe crossover's/ They seem to be too much and make my ears really hurt. IS it because they are in a basement and not a larger room. I am aware that speaker's imitate the rooms acoustics. Even at low volume they cause fatigue so it isn't the volume but perhaps the actual spl. I am not sure I have never seen this happen before. I have other speakers that I can blast loudly and they do not do it but these even at low volume cause actual pain in my ears and head. My next thought was to upgrade the tweeters to something other than a peizo type. I have a lot of money in these things like 700 dollars now I probably can and never will get it back out of them so now they are my challenge that I want and must conqueror. They could be awesome if I could only solve single problem. I have 15 years experience and still feel confused of what is truly causing the ear fatigue. These are however my first dj type speaker I usually have worked with home speakers 15" woofer 3 way systems or smaller. It only takes about 20 seconds at low volume like 75 db to 85 nothing crazy. My other vintage utah speakers I have, I have put to 116 db no problems to my ears like this I am sure they did do damage but not like these do where it is right away noticeable and literally hurts. IF I were to ever use them for parties like I intended originally I don't think they would be safe I fear for myself and everyone else who listen's that they may cause permanent hearing loss. Please what are my options or possibilities to fix this. I would like to make these amazing and succeed at improving their sound quality
Thanks in advance
Jeremy
Thanks in advance
Jeremy