Plastic ring over tweeter opinion


I was looking at the Mapleshade Audio website and they recommend:

"Remove your speaker's cloth or foam grill. Snip off any plastic phase ring in front of the tweeter. You'll hear as much as a 100% improvement in treble."

I wonder what members think of this "tweek"...it seems rather irreversible.
stearnsn

Showing 1 response by cjfrbw

There was a thread on Audio Asylum about removing the plastic bit around tweeters. Charles Hansen of Ayre acoustics said these parts are "helmholz" radiators tuned to beam at a frequency, somewhere between 12 and 16Khz, in order to make the treble more pronounced. He espouses removing them as well for better overall audible performance. However, it will void warranties, might be cosmetically bad, and does seem to be irreversible, so it could negatively effect resale value.