I tried an experiment last night with the Gold discs. My Aerial 10T speakers are comprised of two pieces per side. A tweeter/midrange section sits on top of a woofer cabinet. What if I were to place the gold discs on the cables leading into the tweeter and midrange?
What you see in the photo is the bottom of the tweeter/midrange cabinet, with one Gold disc on each cable that enters the cabinet.
This by far the biggest change in sound that I’ve heard from applying the cones. Depth of the soundstage has increased considerably. Images are even more holographic, but…
I am eager to pull these the heck out. The leading edge of transients seem off - almost like rise time is being slowed just a bit. My ears seem most sensitive to what happens in the time domain so this placement won’t work for me. The sound was more favorable when I placed these in front of the crossover instead of after it as I’ve done here. I would have expected the opposite, but as most of us have learned, expectation bias is way oversold.
As I am listening more with these in place, it seems that the decay has been boosted at the expense of the rise. I hear more of the cymbals exploding outward than the impact that caused the explosion. Shifting the balance toward the decay could be what’s contributing to what sounds like an expanded soundstage. Begs the question about what Purples might do in this location. Maybe a flip is in order.