Soliloquy 6.2 Very Poor Treble .....


After several calls to David Berman at Soliloquy, without a response. I will put it to the Audiogoner's . Will I need to change the tweeter or rebuild the crossover to "brighten up" the highs in this speaker....Or should I just trade them off and start over ????. I kind of like the speakers if I could get them to sound a little better. Maybe that is why they are no longer in the speaker business...I think that changing the tweeter would be the easiest but I will be open-minded.....Thanks
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I am using these next to some Pro-ac 2's and they don't have the life they should have....I don't think. I have two systems in my home , one having a Audio Research LS-25 and a VT-100 with a pair of Aerial 10-T's. The other system has a Audio Research LS-14 and a Classic 60 with the Pro-ac's . The second system also has the Soliloquy 6.2's which need some help....I have not got a response from David at Soliloquy
I have them bi-wired with Audio Research Litz Line. I am not sure about the time on them, maybe 2-3 hundred hours...
I think I'll try some ribbon tweeters , The Aurum Cantus ribbon tweeters are the same size and the same cross-over frequency.....They should just drop in. And since they are the same size I will be able to return them to stock when I sell them...
I do have some Audio Research Cables for sale, but I have a lot of Audio Research speaker cables.....I really like it. My speakers have the soft dome tweeter . I would even be willing to try a ribbon tweeter if I had a good idea of a good one that was not too expensive . I like the resistor idea also and will look into that as soon as I get a minute...I really enjoy the wonderful input on this problem....I wish I could have talked to David Berman a little about this also...
I'm thinking that listening to a poor sounding pair of speakers for six or seven months is a bad idea....I am trying to improve the sound in the near future.... My amplifiers will need a new set of out-put tubes before these speakers start to sound good....That's if I'm lucky....I would probably be better off to sell these and get something else, but I live in a part of the country where the closest Hi-Fi store is about 350 miles away...It is a little hard to get in my car and drive over for a audition....So what I purchase has to be able to be shipped by UPS etc. Purchased over the phone or inter-net
Distortion....I never could get David on the phone after several calls.....This is one of the reasons I'm losing my fondness for these speakers. I think in a few minutes he could tell me something that may otherwise take forever to learn....But he has no interest in these speakers anymore, so doesn't want to waste any more time with them, I would guess...........
Tvad: I am being facetious, but when you enjoy music as I do it doesn't seem right to listen to something that doesn't sound good.....I would leave it playing when I wasn't home but my cats don't like bad music ether and all my gear is tube so the heat is a issue....Actualy I have about 15-20 tube amps that I change around from time to time . There is the possibilty that I will never care for the sound of these speakers no matter what....Thanks for your view...
I have to agree, we are finaly getting somewhere.....Now we can get this system sounding pretty good..... Thanks Will
I have changed the 4 ohm resistor to a 2 ohm for a couple days....I'll let you know what happens.....
That is a "cool" web-site ....How in the world did you find it ? I have put it in my favorites. I have a old rheostat that is 0-20 ohms that I'm goint put in the crossover and listen to it at different setting untel I find where they sound the best . I will then measure it and put a resistor the same value....I'm still going to try the Ribbon tweeter....I have made all the measurements and they are almost the same.....The G2-si ribbon is 110 mm and the opening on the speaker cabinet is 112 mm....