You think the drivers or the crossovers?
I inspected the crossovers and they looked like new so… the missing range is right around the 1 -2k area so lead me to believe driver just not digging low enough. Mind you I thought 2 ways were typically a 3K crossover area.
Hmmm.
Might pull the x-overs.
I can’t seem to find crossover specs on the M5 or the BP2000…
Ah-hah - thanks. Mine are the M5 - not the si version - my crossovers are a bit simpler than the ones on your ebay suggestion. Might be the same crossover points tho…?
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I think that the difference between the M5 and te M5si were the tweeters. The Si had the “titanium” tweeter. Not sure about crossover points
Well I guess mine are now M5AL… 
Funny when I go back to my usual shop speakers (Dipole Vifa dual woofers & Heil AMT) for a while and ten back to the M5 they seem good again.
Ears…
Funny things.
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Bass player from Pain Of Salvation - Liking it.
Great guitar.
Brooding and haunting.
Like good prog ought to be.
Because if you mix prog with happy happy joy joy - you get Flowery King Smurf stuff. 
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I saw our local hero prog band [ Crack the Sky ] last night in a 400 seat theater. Forty Five years after they formed, they still performed two and a half hours of high intensity prog rock. Two great lead guitarist competing for the spotlight. There’s a great history of this band written by Ryan Reed in Rolling stone in 2018 online. They got kicked off the stage by some of the great bands they opened for, because they didn’t like being upstaged by the opening act. John Palumbo said that the one band that treated then with civility and sweetness was Rush, who supported them fully.They wouldn’t go on stage until we got any problems with management worked out. I’ll always remember them for that.
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Nice. 
I gotta take in more Crack the Sky… The only album I have is From The Greenhouse. Perhaps tomorrow shall be a Roon the Sky day.
But yes, Rush in interviews - particularly Geddy just seems to nicest guy on the planet.
A good Canadian… 
Lukather is also nice enough to be voted an honorary Canadian. 
I remember going to see them play at Hammer Jacks on a number of occasions. Both as Crack the Sky and No Heros. Most of the band played under the No Heros name for a while. Awesome band. As I understand it, some inventory screw up was what kept them from having a more nationwide fan base. It’s a shame, too. They’re certainly good enough.
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Not on my radar. Thanks for the recommendation. Will look for it NOW. Need some good music to go along with the Eclipse.
BTW if you start Eclipse (DSOTM) 70 seconds before the peak, it will be saying “… and the sun is eclipsed by the moon” right on time!
Partial eclipse here in SoFlo
I’d recommend starting with their first, self titled album. Good stuff.
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I’m happy to introduce some new fans to this Band. They are known for their live shows, where they turn six minute tracks into fifteen minute pieces of Prog art. My personal favorite album is (The beauty of nothing). Also (Crackology) is a good choice. It’s a list of fan favorites. I would love to hear some opinions from different people after they check them out.
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Well it’s been two (work) days straight shuffling all the Crack the Sky albums, so here’s MY opinion…
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If you had to describe their sound or style to someone… good luck.
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Although there were some … UNIQUE tunes, I never felt the desire to skip any songs. Not a bad track yet.
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It was pretty easy to guess what decade some of the compositions came out - I guess nobody escaped those 80’s digital drums and roto-toms.
Some of the 70s stuff was pretty era-recognizable. Better stop there before I delve into some chastisable offensive decade generalizing ism. -
Impressive how they remain relevant and producing quality material from the mid 70s to current day with twenty some-odd albums. Saga is another band people are surprised to find they have 22 studio albums from 1978 - 2021 plus numerous live, EPs, compilation, boxsets…
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I’d be interested in their album sales - I always wonder how relatively lesser known groups manage to crank out material for almost 50 years - I ponder if and how these guys make a living just doing this? I know Saga is very popular in Europe - unsure how big CTS’s following is. I always assume so many artists (like this) that write and play stuff that is far from radio playable must ALSO have day jobs…
I sill believe this why so many great prog groups have only one, two or a few albums.
-Think Combination Head, Timothy Pure, Iluvatar, Iris, Moonrise… -
Would LOVE to catch a live show.
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Two days straight and no repeats yet - guess there will be more tomorrow!
Liking it!
I just wish Iluvatar had as much material as their relatively nearby neighboring fellow Weirton Proggers.
Good suggestion!
I see they have a DVD from 2009 - Might have to track down a copy!
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Yup, hard to describe. Very 70’s feel from what I have listened to so far.
Interestingly enough, my office is rocking Saga Chapters Live right now. I had made my own cassette of The Chapters.
Saga was my first concert. They were/are huge in my native Puerto Rico and a part of our culture. We even had them on our local TV stations.
Some of the photos on the albums (the horse riding policeman was my buddy’s dad) were from their visits to PR.
I’m sure they all have day jobs. It’s like Rolling Stone described them.[ The best US prog band nobody has ever heard.] They were unaware that two radio stations were playing cuts from their early albums when they arrived in Baltimore, and couldn’t believe that the audiences knew the words to the songs. they became an adopted group in the local music scene and never left the area. I don’t know what the rest do as a day job, but the founder John Palumbo has a doctorate in psychology. I’ve always felt blessed to live near the roots of any prog band, and to have multiple chances to see them live. My wife , who is not a real prog band follower really enjoyed the show last week. I think watching them wipe the sweat away after some of the longer pieces, she realized how hard they were working on stage for their loyal fan base.