Completely agree with you on the value of swapping these components. My first adventure was with Monitor Audio GR20 floorstanders. The cost was a bit of a shocker as I used Mundorf M-Cap Supremes bypassed with Robert Hovlands plus M-Coil 140BL inductors with Mills resistors. Connections were made with Neotech OCC wire to an additional set of ETI Research binding posts, making them tri-wired. Disbelievers in mutiwiring are invited to keep their opinions to themselves. I also went to Wilmslow Audio for their version of No-Res, as used by Danny, to add more damping to the cabinets. All this was helped by Monitor Audio themselves who kindly supplied the circuit diagram. The resulting bill was about £900, which goes a long way to explain why manufacturers fit such inexpensive parts to their speakers. The sound, however, is transformed, in all the ways you mentioned. My second foray into this was for my second system, with the same Bronze 2 you mention. This was also a full upgrade with bypass caps, however, being only two circuits and not having the large inductor, the cost was halved. Still more than the speakers originally cost though! Now these speakers are serving me beautifully on the end of a £3,000 turntable rig through a £1,500 heavily modified pre-power amp combination. The sound is incredibly detailed, with fantastic tonal balance, not a trace of sibilance or harshness and the most stable stereo image one could wish for. I can listen for hours with no trace of fatigue. For me, the diy route is proving an absolutely brilliant way to better enjoy records, CDs and even streaming. By the way, if you want a copy of the circuit diagrams of the Bronze 2s or even details of the inductor values, just let me know. Hi-Fi Collective will have Mundorf hand wind the correct values for you, although it takes a couple of weeks or so to receive them.
Hi Mark, thanks for your comments. Sounds like you've had quite the upgrade there. Great stuff. The Bronze's weren't mine, but if you wouldn't mind sharing those inductor values I can pass them on. I guess my mission is to bring awareness of how much improvement can be made to a wider audience and despite the component costs, the value is still greater than higher priced off the shelf hi-fi.
@@maudifi Thanks for your reply. The return inductor on the tweeter circuit is a 0.2mH air core. The main filter on the woofer is rated at 0.9mH. I selected Mundorf M-Coil L140 air cores for both of mine. You purchase the one up and ask them to wind them only to the selected vales. They are 0.22mH and 1mH respectively, off the shelf. The custom wind adds 2 weeks to the lead time. I agree, the components may be costly, but I know I will have to spend close to £2,000 to achieve a worthwhile improvement.
Completely agree with you on the value of swapping these components. My first adventure was with Monitor Audio GR20 floorstanders. The cost was a bit of a shocker as I used Mundorf M-Cap Supremes bypassed with Robert Hovlands plus M-Coil 140BL inductors with Mills resistors. Connections were made with Neotech OCC wire to an additional set of ETI Research binding posts, making them tri-wired. Disbelievers in mutiwiring are invited to keep their opinions to themselves. I also went to Wilmslow Audio for their version of No-Res, as used by Danny, to add more damping to the cabinets.
All this was helped by Monitor Audio themselves who kindly supplied the circuit diagram. The resulting bill was about £900, which goes a long way to explain why manufacturers fit such inexpensive parts to their speakers. The sound, however, is transformed, in all the ways you mentioned.
My second foray into this was for my second system, with the same Bronze 2 you mention. This was also a full upgrade with bypass caps, however, being only two circuits and not having the large inductor, the cost was halved. Still more than the speakers originally cost though!
Now these speakers are serving me beautifully on the end of a £3,000 turntable rig through a £1,500 heavily modified pre-power amp combination. The sound is incredibly detailed, with fantastic tonal balance, not a trace of sibilance or harshness and the most stable stereo image one could wish for. I can listen for hours with no trace of fatigue.
For me, the diy route is proving an absolutely brilliant way to better enjoy records, CDs and even streaming.
By the way, if you want a copy of the circuit diagrams of the Bronze 2s or even details of the inductor values, just let me know. Hi-Fi Collective will have Mundorf hand wind the correct values for you, although it takes a couple of weeks or so to receive them.
Hi Mark, thanks for your comments. Sounds like you've had quite the upgrade there. Great stuff. The Bronze's weren't mine, but if you wouldn't mind sharing those inductor values I can pass them on.
I guess my mission is to bring awareness of how much improvement can be made to a wider audience and despite the component costs, the value is still greater than higher priced off the shelf hi-fi.
@@maudifi Thanks for your reply. The return inductor on the tweeter circuit is a 0.2mH air core. The main filter on the woofer is rated at 0.9mH.
I selected Mundorf M-Coil L140 air cores for both of mine. You purchase the one up and ask them to wind them only to the selected vales. They are 0.22mH and 1mH respectively, off the shelf. The custom wind adds 2 weeks to the lead time.
I agree, the components may be costly, but I know I will have to spend close to £2,000 to achieve a worthwhile improvement.
@@markcarrington8565 Thanks Mark