There are more of us than you think, including us.
I might be able to afford to buy different speakers if I had fewer hobbies: neither bicycles, guitars, motorcycles nor Hi-Fi are cheap hobbies in and of themselves, but to indulge in them simultaneously? Something’s got to give. That said, my parsimonious ways not withstanding, the real allure for me is the appeal of diy culture: diving deep and learning everything I can in an obsessive manner, not just doing half baked mods to save a few bucks, but going all in, learning the whys and the hows along the way, going all in and building from the ground up, addressing the flaws and reengineering them from the ground up, building something much better than I can buy at any price and be able to sit back, listen and say “I made that.” Anyone can buy anything if they have enough money, but few can look at a stack of wood or parts and say “I can make something with that.” That’s why I’m here: spending money is boring. I’m interested in building stuff that nobody else has.
Cat herding is a fun hobby, I highly recommend it.
Seriously, WTF did you contribute here of any value with your sole comments? The OP never even asked a question, but did share his success, which was acknowledged by a few of us who don't own a cat. If it was a joke, then it's possible it wasn't that funny, or obvious.
Speaking for myself: the direct answer to your question is ABSOLUTELY NOT. Reasons: 1. warrantee issues 2. respect for the original designer 3. high probability that there is simply nothing to "fix" 4. even if I thought I was somehow improving the speaker I have no objective way to validate that, so I simply won't do it. I have a set of forte IVs that I bought from the original owner at a very good price. I would not dream of doing anything to them other than strictly necessary repair for decades. I guess that means I'm not actually a "DIY speaker modifier" at all. I just enjoy repairing and repurposing stuff that doesn't work right to begin with.
If you buy new, you should at least wait until the Warranty Period has passed before you start digging into them.
I haven't changed drivers but I have installed modified crossovers in a new pair of RF-7s after I listened to them for a few months. Made a HUGE difference in taming the harshness that they were notorious for.
DIY Modders are not limited by committee decisions, where the bean counters overrule the engineers with management decision makers who have no intimate product details.
I'm sorry, you'll have to define the level of contribution required to meet your standards and what method you use to measure that, I'll endeavor to not cause you to feel the need to question my posts in the future.
Added humor in AK threads is appreciated by some of us. Not so much by others. It takes some serious tact to avoid condemnation by some. Just roll with it.
In this particular instance it probably would have added a dollar (maybe less) to the cost of the crossover.
I prefer cable lifters.Why not just try different speaker cables?
"tact to avoid condemnation?" How much tact is there when using WTF in the sentence? I just responded In Like KIND, nothing more. Unherbed cats and their owners are alive and well despite all this.Added humor in AK threads is appreciated by some of us. Not so much by others. It takes some serious tact to avoid condemnation by some. Just roll with it.
If you look at all the drop testing that Klipsch did on the Heresy box, when a new K-700 horn was re-tooled, I suspect that they also had the rest of the drivers in the box too, to make it more of a Real-World quality test of the mechanical integrity of the new castings.
