Some time ago I tried sticking very thin felt around my tweeters and I found the same effect you described.
Review: Diffraction be gone Anti-diffraction tweeter surround Tweak
Category: Accessories
I order a pair of the anti-diffraction tweeter surrounds for my Silverline audio SR17.5 monitors. Not that I was unhappy with the performance of my speakers but at just $50 it was a cheap enough tweek to give it a try.
The surrounds were made to my exact measurements and shipped quickly. They come with stick on velcro pads to hold them in place and this does work well.
I put them on and sat back with some Diana Krall. The image was very focused and clean and clear. It gave that immediate wow factor. This trait was even more apparent with movie soundtracks, making dialog more intelligible.
Over the course of a few weeks it became apparent that something just wasn't right. Lots of on and off with the pads followed. What I discovered was that the highs were being rolled off and the air in recordings was being removed by these pads.
After a few days of trying them on and off I cannot bring myself to put them back on. The air and life is lost to the pads. These pads are quite thick and I wonder if a thin pad would have the same effect.
Like a lot of things that immediately wow it is just a matter of time before their true flaws are revealed.
I order a pair of the anti-diffraction tweeter surrounds for my Silverline audio SR17.5 monitors. Not that I was unhappy with the performance of my speakers but at just $50 it was a cheap enough tweek to give it a try.
The surrounds were made to my exact measurements and shipped quickly. They come with stick on velcro pads to hold them in place and this does work well.
I put them on and sat back with some Diana Krall. The image was very focused and clean and clear. It gave that immediate wow factor. This trait was even more apparent with movie soundtracks, making dialog more intelligible.
Over the course of a few weeks it became apparent that something just wasn't right. Lots of on and off with the pads followed. What I discovered was that the highs were being rolled off and the air in recordings was being removed by these pads.
After a few days of trying them on and off I cannot bring myself to put them back on. The air and life is lost to the pads. These pads are quite thick and I wonder if a thin pad would have the same effect.
Like a lot of things that immediately wow it is just a matter of time before their true flaws are revealed.