I own Magnepan speakers and people mod the heck out of them! fuse bypass, tweeter attenuation bypass, crossover upgrades and internal re-wiring. I won't do any of it(affraid of lost resale value) and maggies are unusually mod friendly. I wouldn't think of trying to upgrade a speaker, if for no better reason then the lost value. I am baffled how some folks think they know more about designing speakers then those who do it for a living! Of course a speaker is designed with in a certain price range(compromises are made) but they work with what they have as a whole! taking or adding anything to that is a risk- the old the total is greater then the sum of its part theory. I wouldn't plan on getting much out of any modified component, its always so hard to prove(I recall more then 1 dispute here is due to a mod)- of course all of this doesn't mean that some folks don't get lucky either- do it right and you may never worry about resale value :o)
Is it taboo to mod a speaker?
I often read and hear about modifications done to source equipment, amplifiers, DACS, and ocassionally I read about someone doing stuff to the crossover portion of a loudspeaker. I myself plan to have someone modify my Pioneer DVD in a few months. However, I rarely read about anyone modding a loudspeaker by exchanging drivers. I have never heard of anyone exchange or upgrading to driver ABC from drive XYZ. Is it done? Does anyone do this professionally?