Linn Kaber - changing crossover?
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Linn Kaber - changing crossover?
Hi,
I own a pair of Kabers serial 8897. I´ve bought recently a pair of Kaber crossovers serial 14997/98. Does it make sense to change them? Will me Kaber sound better with the newer crossovers because between the production date of the two are ten years?
Thanks for your answers.
I own a pair of Kabers serial 8897. I´ve bought recently a pair of Kaber crossovers serial 14997/98. Does it make sense to change them? Will me Kaber sound better with the newer crossovers because between the production date of the two are ten years?
Thanks for your answers.
Re: Linn Kaber - changing crossover?
Somewhere on the circuit boards is an L and R number ie L1 R2 if the newer is higher it maybe worthwhile.fettspeck wrote:Hi,
I own a pair of Kabers serial 8897. I´ve bought recently a pair of Kaber crossovers serial 14997/98. Does it make sense to change them? Will me Kaber sound better with the newer crossovers because between the production date of the two are ten years?
Thanks for your answers.
The major drawback will be Linns soldering is usually better than customers1
Thank you anthony,
I´ve found these numbers on the newer crossover. I´ll compare it to the other one. Soldering: I will not solder by myself. I´ve a person who is an expert on Linn who will do it for me. But he was not convinced that it would be an improvement. Why do you think it might be worthwhile changing the crossover?
I´ve found these numbers on the newer crossover. I´ll compare it to the other one. Soldering: I will not solder by myself. I´ve a person who is an expert on Linn who will do it for me. But he was not convinced that it would be an improvement. Why do you think it might be worthwhile changing the crossover?
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Linn operate a continuous improvement policy, and ten years is a fair length of time.fettspeck wrote:Thank you anthony,
I´ve found these numbers on the newer crossover. I´ll compare it to the other one. Soldering: I will not solder by myself. I´ve a person who is an expert on Linn who will do it for me. But he was not convinced that it would be an improvement. Why do you think it might be worthwhile changing the crossover?
Generally crossovers do not change much, but as already mentioned comparing the numbers will give you an indication
What are the numbers?fettspeck wrote:Thank you anthony,
I´ve found these numbers on the newer crossover. I´ll compare it to the other one. Soldering: I will not solder by myself. I´ve a person who is an expert on Linn who will do it for me. But he was not convinced that it would be an improvement. Why do you think it might be worthwhile changing the crossover?
Agree fully with Anthony on this, there is unlikely to be any benefit to changing the boards. The last part of the number, L3R4 in your case, stands for Layout 3 Revision 4. If the actual layout of the board changes the L number will change, if components on the board change the R number will change. So theoretically a new product will start out with an L1R1 board. However, sometimes a problem is found or a better part is found in going from prototype to production so a new design could have an L2R1 or L1R2, etc. board.
Anyway, two boards that are L3R4 should be essentially the same. Especially in a speaker crossover any differences should be small, only detectable by a direct A/B comparison (rather hard to do) and likely swamped by the re-soldering involved. I would leave your speakers as is.
Anyway, two boards that are L3R4 should be essentially the same. Especially in a speaker crossover any differences should be small, only detectable by a direct A/B comparison (rather hard to do) and likely swamped by the re-soldering involved. I would leave your speakers as is.