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RE: Upgrading Polk Audio Monitor JR5s

I am not familiar with the Polks in question, but a quick look at the crossover might be informative. Iron core coils can saturate and give you muddy sound, as can inexpensive capacitors. If there are big white resistors in series with the drivers they can seriously degrade the sound. You just might get a pretty impressive improvement with a minimal investment. I can give you some decent caps to use to bypass the installed caps. You can use alligator jumpers to temporarily connect them to give you an idea of how bypassing will impact the sound.
Best Regards,

Lou


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