Almost certainly a stupid question!

[Dr Oetker]

I’ve been using my old Monitor Audio RS5 Speaker & Roksan Kandy Amp combination to listen to TV/Movies, I don’t have the volume particularly loud but the sustained midrange/bass frequencies they use in atmospheric music has broken the crossover in one of my speakers. If I add a subwoofer via my pre-out on my amp I guess I’ll just get more bass volume but the same bass frequencies will still be sent to my speakers. Is there any way of wiring a subwoofer in so that the speaker damaging bass frequencies are directed to that rather than the speakers? Any advice welcome, thanks.

 

[DocG]

I think you're looking for a sub with high pass filter (HPF) outputs. You wire your source to the sub and the sub (via RCA -- HPF out) to the Roksan and then to the speakers. This way your amp only gets the 80 Hz + signal, that it then sends to your speakers.

Won't solve a fried cross-over though...

EDIT: or get an amp that won't go into clipping at the volume you need...

 

[Vladimir]

To answer your question: Remove the speaker binding post links and just connect to the tweeter on the damaged speaker.

However, try this first. On the damaged speaker gently with both hands on each side push the woofer back and forward to hear if the voice coil is making scraping noises. If yes, the driver is gone, not the crossover. Either way it can be fixed by a repair shop.

What you are trying to achieve with the sub will not work. You are not missing just the low bass, but whole damn midrange (the most important bit).

 

[Al ears]

Save money by not buying a sub and use it to get speakers fixed.

And I don't think sustained midrange music is going to trash a crossover to be honest.

 

[DocG]

Hi Dr. Oetker,

Seems like we all interpret your question differently. So maybe, you could clarify. Are you trying to keep using the old, damaged speakers? Or do you want to prevent that the issue recurs with new gear?

 

[splasher]

Save money by not buying a sub and use it to get speakers fixed.

And I don't think sustained midrange music is going to trash a crossover to be honest.

+1

 

[Dr Oetker]

I've now discovered that it was not my speaker that was damaged but my amplifier (Roksan Kandy LIII), one of the two channels seems to have blown, just a very quiet and buzzy output from it. Does anyone have experience of such problems and know whether these things are realistically fixed? Thanks