Onix Rocket RS1000 Ninja Elite Upgrade

[brh986]

Greetings!

Finally got around to gutting my old Onix 1000's. Prepping for my new Ninja Elite Upgrades to arrive. My old XO's are finally ready to be sent off for the Ninja to work his magic! Getting a cabinet overhaul as well.

Can't wait!!!!!






Here are some more pictures of the removal for your enjoyment.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwayland/sets/72157625577919782/

More pictures when the upgrades arrive!

Cheers,

Derek

[Mike_TX]

Thanks.
Interested RS1000Sig owner here watching...

I always thought it would be easier to have a high quality XO and cabinet damping put in BEFORE the speaker was built!
:)

Mike

[brh986]

Thanks.
Interested RS1000Sig owner here watching...

I always thought it would be easier to have a high quality XO and cabinet damping put in BEFORE the speaker was built!
:)

Mike

While I have always been pleased with these, after hearing the new ACA Trinity LCR's, I had the itch to add a touch of high end to these big guys.

[tesseract]

I always thought it would be easier to have a high quality XO and cabinet damping put in BEFORE the speaker was built!
:)

Those stock XO's don't look too bad.

While I have always been pleased with these, after hearing the new ACA Trinity LCR's, I had the itch to add a touch of high end to these big guys.

I am looking around at speakers too, getting bored with my 602S3's. Have fun with the upgrade, Dwayland!

[1BionicEar]

I was also thinking that the the crossovers didn't look too bad. You would hope so on a product at this price point.

On the other hand, those pointed nipple tweeters look fabulous. "thumbsup:

[brh986]

On the other hand, those pointed nipple tweeters look fabulous. "thumbsup:

Yeah, it was pretty chilly in the house today. ;-)

[Mike_TX]

What is the woofer/sub section like (pics)?

Mike

[woofersus]

I am looking around at speakers too, getting bored with my 602S3's.

Maybe we can get some ACA Trinity's out your way for a gtg/demo sometime soon...


I'm curious to see how much of a difference the Ninja upgrades make for you Derek. Thanks for documenting the upgrade.

[brh986]

What is the woofer/sub section like (pics)?

Mike

The powered driver is fully enclosed within the cabinet, so it was easier to simply de-solder those connections from the network, hence no removal of the driver.

[etcarroll]

You didn't opt for the Blackhole dampening material in the sub chamber? I put it in mine along with the no-rez in the upper chamber.

[etcarroll]

What is the woofer/sub section like (pics)?

Mike

Mike -

It's just a seperate chamber with the driver shooting out the side of the box, take a look at very last post in my thread on performing the upgrade. Not a great pic, but something.

Gene

http://www.ninjasreview.com/forum/showthread.php?574-RS1000k-Classic-to-Ninja-Master

[Mike_TX]

Mike -

It's just a seperate chamber with the driver shooting out the side of the box, take a look at very last post in my thread on performing the upgrade. Not a great pic, but something.

Gene

http://www.ninjasreview.com/forum/sh...o-Ninja-Master

Thanks.
I didn't read your full thread, but how noticeable was the upgrade(s)?

Mike

[brh986]

You didn't opt for the Blackhole dampening material in the sub chamber? I put it in mine along with the no-rez in the upper chamber.

I will be replacing the material in the powered driver chamber as well, I just didn't need to fully remove it yet. Waiting on the goods to arrive.

[etcarroll]

Thanks.
I didn't read your full thread, but how noticeable was the upgrade(s)?

Mike

Well Mike, I bought the upgrade under the assumption BD music disks were going to be the media type that supplanted redbook cd, where SACD, DVD-A and others had failed. As that never happened, I began building a dedicated 2 channel system after the upgrade, so I really never used them as I thought I would.

With that said, I found upgrading my center had a more noticeable impact than the L and R mains did for HDTV and Movie watching.

[tesseract]

Maybe we can get some ACA Trinity's out your way for a gtg/demo sometime soon...

I've heard rumblings of a GTG here someday. Keep me posted, I might actually have some CHT subs by then I could bring.