Customize!  Use the options in the blue box above to fully customize your upgrade.  Click the (?) next to each item for a short description.  For detailed information on each item, click the 'Customizations' tab directly above.

•  Smooooth!
•  Balanced amplitude.
•  Higher and easier to drive impedance load.
•  Control the resonance break-up mode of the woofer.
•  Maintain a clean spectral decay (no stored energy).
•  Higher degree of phase accuracy.
•  Consistent off axis response both vertically and horizontally.
•  Installs into both the Reference 1 MkI and Reference 1 MkII loudspeakers. 

	Fully custom build Each network is meticulously designed from the ground up.  We can even tailor the sound to fit your room or personal requirements (i.e. reduce brightness etc.)
	Diffraction Be Gone® Optional - Removes the deleterious effect that the the edges of the cabinet have on sound.  You can also run your grills installed as DBG removes those negative effects too!
	Pure point to point connections No PCB and no wiring between components.  Whenever possible, we mechanically connect components to each other for a superior connection and durability.
	Sonicap Capacitors These have become known as one of the best caps available with a sonic signature that you won't hear. We match all our Sonicaps for superior focus.
	Erse Electrolytic Capacitors A well made electrolytic capacitor. We use these only in specific areas and never in a critical path.
	Alpha-Core Copper Foil Inductors No dynamic compression...no more will your inductors "hum along" with the music. When a bass note goes through an Alpha-Core inductor, you get all the power and realism of the live performance.
	Mills Resistors Mills resistors offer superior sonic performance in all passive crossover circuits. Most resistors have a higher resistance to loud sounds than they do to quiet sounds. The result is an uneven mess. Bring the top to bottom presentation into sharp focus with Mills Resistors.
	Cardas Quad Eutectic Solder George Cardas created this ultra pure, quad eutectic solder for perfect joints; the best reliability with the lowest noise and contact resistance. Ultra pure, tin/lead/silver/copper.
	Ninja IT-001 Wiring Your networks can be built with your choice of: Full Onix IT-001 12ga OFC wire Full Onix IT-001 12ga OFC wire with copper connectors Full Onix IT-001 12ga OFC wire with wire nuts
	Copper Connectors and Wire Nuts Optional - When installing your new networks, we understand that there are situations where you just don't want (or can't) solder a wire-wire connection. We offer pure copper connectors to allow you to crimp those connections. We even throw in some color-coded pre-cut heat shrink tubing to make it professional.  Alternatively, we also offer wire nuts for the easiest install possible.
	Substrate All Skiing Ninja Networks™ use point-to-point construction techniques over painted MDF. No Printed Circuit Boards. No thin traces to contaminate the signal. Just pure, crystalline music...
	Spax Screws Spax screws are specially designed to make it easy to install your new crossover networks. Traditional wood screws only really work well if you drill a pilot hole or can apply copious pressure. Inside a speaker cabinet, neither is practical. Spax screws have patented serrations that drill their own pilot hole. Imported from Germany.
	Stand-offs The last thing you want after installing your killer new networks is a spurious vibrational sound that wasn't there before the upgrade. That's why we include specially made 60 durometer (a measure of hardness) board stand-offs. These stand-offs isolate your new network from the cabinet and keep it quiet!
	High Pass Filter Optional - Ultra High Quality High Pass Filter - perfect for users that run subwoofers with their speakers.  The result is cleaner bass and midrange as well as the ability to crank your speakers louder.  No electrolytics; only Sonicap and Erse PulseX are used throughout.
	Cabinet Dampening Materials Optional - We use proprietary dampening materials developed by GR Research exclusively. NoRez and Black Hole 5 are available on speakers and subwoofers where appropriate. Click the image for more info on these amazing products.

Now that you know what has physically changed, lets talk about what you will hear as a result...

Crossover Benefits
Overall you will notice a higher level of detail, texture, focus, superior sound stage, dynamics, musicality, and transparency. 

What does that mean?  We use as few components in our networks as possible.  This allows the cleanest signal to be passed to your speakers.  Rest assured this does not change the frequency response of the speaker or the overall character. 

Texture – all of the ‘inner’ details of each instrument comes across clearly.  The ‘live’ feel comes across so well because the subtleties that are normally lost are finally present.  The more revealing the overall presentation is, the more convincing it is. 

Focus – We tightly match our components.  While most components are 5 or even 10% tolerance, we use only 5% or less tolerance components and then we hand match them so that each pair of networks is 500 to 1000% better than the stock crossover. 

Sound stage – moves the sound stage from being within the confines of the speaker and moves it out, up, and behind the speaker.  This helps recreate the sense of space and volume of the original performance.

Dynamics – Our networks use high quality Mills resistors and Alpha-Core copper foil inductors.  This means no masking of top end detail, no muddled midrange and more convincing slam on the low end.   There is a lot of techno mumbo jumbo about the why’s of this and it would be too much to detail here.  Contact Us if you want more info.

 

Transparency – The ability for the speakers to remove themselves from the performance.  Our networks enhance this ability due to their magnetically correct layout, point to point build and superior quality components.

Musicality – The best part and why we are all here.  Everything your speakers used to do they will do better with Ninja Master networks and upgrades.

Diffraction Be Gone Benefits

Sound waveforms from your tweeters are shorter in length than the width of your speaker cabinets. These waveforms are being randomly reflected by your speaker baffles and edges to your listening position slightly out of time with the original event. Not a good thing. These waveforms carry the first arrival and higher harmonics of your midrange along with all things high frequency. Diffraction Be Gone removes this almost as if you had taken the boxes away.

We had custom cut high density real wool felt (accept no substitute) tweeter surrounds or fascias made for the Reference 1's that absorb and quiet this interaction. What you will get when this is removed is a clearer view into your stage and recordings. What the microphone captured is revealed in your room without the distortion to time (body) and phase (space) caused by early reflection. Space opens up, deepens. Vocals and instruments appear more truthfully in that space, rounder and more physically right. The tweeter surrounds attach with Velcro tabs (included) and also eliminate the issues caused by grills - yes you can now run your grills installed!

High Pass Filter Benefits

Are you utilizing a subwoofer with your Reference 1's? Then order your new crossover with a built in very high quality high pass filter. This filter is set at 80Hz and has a 1st order slope.  A high pass filter removes the lower frequencies so your main speakers (and amplifier!) don't have to work nearly as hard.  The result is cleaner bass and midrange as well as the ability to crank your speakers louder.

You will be happy to know that there are no elecrolytics in this filter - only high quality Sonicap and Erse Pulse X capacitors are used.

Layout

The component layout of a Ninja Master network is carefully chosen to provide the shortest signal path possible while also ensuring magnetic field contamination is keep to a minimum or non-existent.  For more information on why this is important, visit our layout information page.

Install Guide
Purchasing this upgrade or just want to see what the install procedure is like?  Download the Install Guide here:

ONIX Reference 1 Ninja Master Install Guide
ONIX Reference 1 Dampening Material Kit Install Guide

Additional Upgrades
We don't stop with crossover network upgrades.  A speaker's final sound quality is very much a sum of its parts.  The crossover network design, the crossover network parts quality, the cabinet, internal wiring, drive units and binding posts.  All of these items contribute to the end product - of which the goal is to simulate a live event with perfect accuracy.  Click the options info tab above for more information!

Performance Graphs

On Axis Response - 5dB Scale	Impedance	Cumulative Spectral Decay

You will need a soldering iron, heat gun or hair dryer with high setting, needle nose pliers, hot glue gun & glue or Liquid nails and wire cutters. Plus, what is listed above for the install of your built boards.

High Pass Filter Benefits

Are you utilizing a subwoofer with your Reference 1's? Then order your new crossover with a built in ultra high quality high pass filter. This filter is set at 80Hz and has a 1st order slope. You will be happy to know that there are no elecrolytics in this filter - only high quality Sonicap and Erse Pulse X capacitors are used.

1. (Ninja recommended) Full wiring replacement with IT-001 Ninja wire. We include extra Vampire or Cardas silver solder to attach the wires to the drivers and binding posts.

2. Wires long enough to tie into the existing wires coming from the drivers and binding posts and copper connectors with color coded shrink tubing. Simply crimp the copper connectors over the wires and heat the shrink tubing for a professional finish.

3. Our easiest solution - wires long enough to reach the existing wires and includes wire nuts. Screw the wire nuts over the connections and you are done.

What's in the box

• Your new networks
• Swanky Skiing Ninja™ upgrade labels for the back of the speakers
• Cardas Quad Eutectic solder
• Any optional items you have selected

Big Brain Required?
Ninja Built Kits -  The install procedure is straight forward and our " How to: Install a crossover upgrade in a small speaker " video will help greatly.

DIY Kits - This is a fairly easy DIY build.  Soldering skill is required.

Install Guides
Purchasing this upgrade or just want to see what the install procedure is like?

  Reference 1 Ninja Master Upgrade
- Print quality [20MB PDF]

  Reference 1 Cabinet Upgrade
 Cabinet Dampening Kit upgrade install instructions
- Print quality [1MB PDF]

  Binding Post and Plate Upgrade
- Binding post and plate install guide
- Print quality [5MB] 

Video Guide - For basic information, choose our Small Speaker Video Install Guide here: