abelpereira

Hi Roy, Thanks for the tip. I followed it, and actually, the pots are not working. I replaced the resistors by two pieces of wire, and now the highs are back. It was a relief to hear them and know the tweeters are OK. Replacing the capacitors is a good idea, but I'll wait till get a new pair of pots. I think it will be difficult to get the original ones in Europe, so I must decide if I put other ones or want to pay a hug amount of money bringing them from the US. And yes, woofers and tweeters are original. Not so the grills, which are terribly ugly... -- Abel

Hi there! My name is Abel, and I write from Vigo, in the Northwest coast of Spain. Recently I bought a pair os AR-4xa, the version with highs pot and strange tweeters with external conductors. They look great (but I'm going to finish them in walnut wood) and sound good... but comparing with my other pair of Boston Acoustics A40, I find some lack of highs. I tried to act on the pot, put I didn't feel any difference, so I opened them and I found something strange for me... I'm not really an expert in electronics, but it seems that th pot is bypassed with a ceramic resistor, isn't it? What will be happen if I cut out this resistor, or even bypass it with a simple cooper cable? I'm not sure that the pots are working allright, and at the end I just wan to increase the higs level. I can regulate them with the amp. Thanks in advance for your help, and my apologies for my terrible english... -- Abel