Well hello
Been a while, just busy with other things but popped in as I’ve a query for Nick. Had a little mooch about. Good to see things much as I left.
Little bit of change in the system, can’t remember what I did and didn’t have but not a tube or horn in sight so likely of little interest here 
Best crack on with the tunes, cheers all, Dan
No valves or horns anywhere in sight in my system, and I “own” (for a given value of own) this god-forsaken place.
Also, one of the most diehard horn fans expressed an interest in hearing my non-horn speakers, so cracks are definitely forming.
(That said, I wouldn’t say no to having a play with some valves again at some point).
Being grand pooh bar and a rebel is peek AA.
I would like to hear them. 
Thanks to the usual suspects on here, I’ve become totally sold on horns. 
Not so much tubes tho, all that heat, unreliability etc 
I suppose you could say I have a semi for the horns/tubes thing. 
Currently a bit poorly! 
Hmmn, output on both speaks greatly diminished following an extended & over enthusiastic listening sesh.
Initially thought I’d just blown the 7" SEAS Excel magnesium midrange drivers. Ordered some replacements which turned into a saga in itself.
Further investigation revealed the Fountek neo CD 3.0 ribbon tweets also to be not outputting owt.
Just had all the offending drive units out today & all checked out as working with the ole’ battery test trick.
As the lower bass units are still outputting fine as connected to the multi way crossover it seems I’ve actually managed to blow the mid & treble elements of both speakers crossovers & I guess luckily not the drivers.
Way forward could be this>
Some years back I upgraded the original mk.1 crossover spec myself to the newer mk.2 boards.
The originals were on two boards per speaker & the mk.2 on a single fairly large board.
Plan 1 is to revert to mk.1 boards, but I only have the wiring schematic for the newer boards I’ve fitted.
Not quite clear from a look at the old boards as to what drivers each go to & there are additional connections to the triwireable 3 way binding post hookup box for some jumpers to tweek the levels for bass 'n treble.
I’ll be contacting XTZ in Sweden again next week ter see if they can furnish me with the schematics for the original boards.
Sorry to hear of your speaker woes Chris. Hopefully you’ll soon have them back up and singing.
Yeah few options.
Mk.1 boards refit if I can get schematics.
Hmmn, do this & poss look at getting mk.2 boards repaired. Mk.1 boards will still sound good in any case.
See whether XTZ have any replacement later boards.
Surround sound still sounds very acceptable as my centre speaker does most of the heavy lifting & main speaks are still managing low end thump & some ambient fill in.
Stereo music however is quite sucked out & lifeless with the tweeter & main midrange unit not joining in.
Blowing crossovers is a complete first for me. Many moons back I’ve blown midrange units on a couple of different pairs of speakers, but only a single driver in each case. Which is why I’d initially thought just midrange replacements needed.
Any ideas why they blew?
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Simply giving it too much beans for too long Stu. Have quite a lot of power on tap…Nord Hypex NC 500 dual mono power amp.
Done quite early evening so no alcohol involved @thebiglebowski /Chris.
I feel for you , however
Chris …
What model is it 99.36 …? .
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Indeed they are!
Ah …hang on then …
XTZ 99.36 MKII delefilter | Hifisentralen XTZ 99.36 MKII delefilter | Hifisentralen
Hit the translate button… 
Found this looking for a schematic…
.. I think there are other hits too …could be a common thing ..
