Csi3 "Surgery"

[TheMARPATNinja7]

I have a Csi3 center channel and with it I get frequency spikes and at times harsh sound from the tweeter. I really do like this speaker though because it has a great frequency response and the midranges give great sound. Is there anyway I can swap out the tweeter? If I can, can I do it without voiding the warranty?

[comfortablycurt]

I believe you can get replacement tweeters direct from Polk. You'd probably be best off staying with the same tweeter. You'd probably void the warranty if you swapped in a non-original tweeter. Not positive on that though.

[Conradicles]

Does your AVR have an EQ or some kind of room acoustic set-up feature?
I had a CSi3 and loved it. No harsh sound at all from that tweet when my Pioneer used the room EQ.

[TheMARPATNinja7]

Well it has Audyessy but I opted to configure everything myself. Should I give the Audyessy a shot?

[comfortablycurt]

Well it has Audyessy but I opted to configure everything myself. Should I give the Audyessy a shot?

Yeah...I'd try audyssey. It worked great for me. I had to adjust my sub level a little bit after I ran it...but I think it nailed the setup about dead on other than that.

There shouldn't be anything wrong with the speaker...I've never heard of any problems with them before.

[TheMARPATNinja7]

Ok, well I'll give it a shot. And overall the speaker is good except for the few times where dialouge is distorted. I mean it only happens in less than 5% of the dialouge per movie but 1% would still be enough for me to try to find a solution. It did it with my old Pioneer AR, so who knows hopefully the Audyessy should help. Cheers

[comfortablycurt]

Do you have it turned up excessively loud? I've never heard of anyone having problems like this with a CSi3. The frequency response on those is rated up to 25khz IIRC...so it shouldn't be spiking under reasonable listening levels I wouldn't think. Might be time to look into a CSi5/CSi A6.

[TheMARPATNinja7]

Nope, I get the spikes all all volumes and I'm not pumping a ridiculous amount of wattage into it either (80w). I read a ton of reviews before I bought it and nothing was ever said about any kind of spikes or distortion at all. I only got it a couple of months ago so I don't know if I'd turn right around and buy another, plus I'll of course give the Audyessy a shot before I drop 3 or 4 hundred bucks on another speaker.

[comfortablycurt]

Yeah...I'd try Audyssey...if that doesn't work...then I don't know...lol

[TheMARPATNinja7]

Haha, fair enough.