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Hi everybody,

I have a pair of XTZ 99.25 LCR (XTZ 99.25 LCR 2021 Gloss Black - link is the 2021 version which is slightly different) and I want to add a midrange driver to them (make a 3-way out of a 2-way). Why? Well, the woofer is a slightly modified Seas W18E001 and the tweeter is a Fountek NeoCD3.0. The woofer definitely has a breakup somewhere around 4000 Hz and other reviews also stated that a mid would probably help.

I don’t have any equipment or adequate room to take measurements, nor do I have enough experience for a project like this (also as a learning experience). So I am wondering if anybody in Metro Detroit would like to help me get this done, of course not for free, time is valuable.

The other thing I need help with is the selection of a suitable mid, there are just too many options and again, lacking experience. The obvious choice would be the W12CY001 since it is the same line as the woofer but at $290 also quite expensive (optically the W12CY003 would be a better fit and a little cheaper at $235). Scan Speak 10F, Peerless NE123W, SB Acoustics SB12 or MW13 or even a dome mid… What are your thoughts on this, material important or rather size, SPL etc?

Step 2 and 3 would be to add a matching Center and Surrounds to my setup, keep that in mind regarding the mid.

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Is it a metal cone, the magnesium cone? Then you should be able to just do a better xover.

Pretty sure you can do it….

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CSS is in Plymouth. We could help out with that.

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Yes it is the Magnesium Cone. The idea is more to make something good better (our usual issue) based on my listening experience, the one of others with these speakers and also something Troels wrote when adding a midrange to his TJL-2W (and turn it into the TJL-3W):

The TJL2W is my favourite among a number of 2-way floorstanders and you always ask how to make a good thing better. The TJL shares the limitations of most other 6" + tweeter two-ways: Lack of dispersion in the upper midrange/lower treble due to the bass driver having to handle everything up into the treble area despite the low point of crossover around 2500 Hz. When a single driver has to pump the deep bass and at the same time handle the delicate upper midrange and lower treble there are limitations to the loudness we can expect from such a design. Suitable for most, but it can’t play excessively loud (…)