B&W 801 S2 mod to S3, any experience ?

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I have owned 801 S2 since new and recently moddded the crossover to S3 specs. The mod includes 7 steps, B&W England suggested I try 5 steps since I did not want to change out my orignal tweeter. When I modded the crossover it opened up but sounded a bit bright on top.
Then I did the one (The other is to upgrade to S3 tweeter) of the final modifications by putting a resistor in line to soften the top but that seems to have moved the brightness into the vocal frequency area. B&W England says let the resistor break in for 30 days or replace the tweeter with the another orignal. B&W USA says that maybe I used a bad or cheap resistor or that I should install a new S3 tweeter. What to do ?
Undo the mod, replace the resistor, replace the S2 tweeter with another S2 or with the S3 fluid filled model ? Thanks

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Topic - B&W 801 S2 mod to S3, any experience ? - franoo 11:36:23 03/10/07 (6)

Re: B&W 801 S2 mod to S3, any experience ? - ka7niq 20:32:43 03/10/07 (3)

Re: B&W 801 S2 mod to S3, any experience ? - franoo 22:11:45 03/10/07 (2)

1 ohm sounds a lot to me - Goneill 21:08:18 03/11/07 (0)

Come on, resistor burn in - Panelhead 19:06:23 03/11/07 (0)

Well..someone @ audiogon started to give you some good advice... - David S. 16:30:29 03/10/07 (1)

Re: Well..someone @ audiogon started to give you some good advice... - franoo 18:07:58 03/10/07 (0)

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