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My questions stand as is, if there is no reason to think otherwise, the
wire is as good for it's purpose as it gets, possible exceptions being
such things as the gauge is too small etc. , but this would be revealed in
answering the questions. If one thinks the wire lacks the majic ingredient
known only to exist in wire other then that used in the speaker, well what
can one say; and how exactly does one not know it does not exist in the
existing wire and in spades. The manufacture would have to be very
desperate for cash to skimp on a few inches of wire gauge, in which case
the entire design would be suspect and support for tossing the product
well considered. A more likely diagnosis in this instance is audio
nervosa.

All factories for all kinds of products, excepting exotica, scimp all the
time to bring their product into budget which is a must in a competitive
economy. The production cost of a speaker is typically about 15 to 20% of
its MSRP which doesn't leave much room for splurging. Then the designer's
proverbial woody from his proud concept usually gets limp when the bean
counters tell him to make it 25% cheaper. The crossover and connecting wire
is exactly where loudspeakers tend to scimp almost without exception. This
is because unitl recently, the typical consumer knew nothing about this part
of the speaker, and you can scimp there to a certain extent. But in past
years your speaker had to have a "kevlar cone, kapton former, neodynium
magnet, super re-enforced cabinet, ect." to be cool enough to sell so those
expensive quality, but also marketable bits have to be in there, so where
else can you save. Now I wholehartedly agree with you in saying that if a
speaker makes you happy leave it alone. That's what it is there for. But if
one dares to go inside you will almost certainly find something worth
replacing.

Speaker manufacturing is no Walhalla and it is somewhat like sausage. You
don't really want to know what's in there because you may be disappointed.

Wessel


By what criteria do you think the wire inside the box inferior? In the
crossover filter is several meters of wire, is it too not quality wire?
Do you judge the technical design poor for including this wire? Do you
think those who designed the speaker would also include wire that was
not
perfectly capable of performing to the specifications of the design?
Unless you have informed answers to the above I would suggest leaving
the
wire as it is. If you doubt the technical qualifications or honesty of
the manufacture, then you should perhaps sell this product for being a
failure.

It doesn't work exactly like that. Designs from even great factories can
usually easily be improved. Only in the last few years have there been
completely tweeked assembly line luidspeakers. It's kinda like asking
yourself could a good Mercedes be improved by AMG, or a good Ford Mustang
be
improved by Cobra. (Cooper and Mini also come to mind) There are reasons
for
this. Big names with pricing in the regular guy's budget have to play it
safe and often purposely de-tune an otherwise aggressive design voor
economic and sometimes marketing reasons. Also technology moves on. I
would
not want the inductors from 10 years ago in my speakers.

Hello everyone

I'm planning to change all inner wirings of 804, as they are quite
poor compared to general quality of finishing and sound.
Has anyone made these kind of modifications on nautilus ser. or even
better if on 804? Any special instructions, pics or hints are welcome,
like to know where am I heading.

BRGDS
Riku