Cheap high-pass filter

[liteshow]

I know this won't sound like a million bucks, but what if I just soldered a capacitor inline with my speaker, nothing else? Of course I would get the right sized cap. Has anyone done this? Does it sound decent? Will it wreck anything?

Thanks

[TO-3]

Originally posted by liteshow
I know this won't sound like a million bucks, but what if I just soldered a capacitor inline with my speaker, nothing else? Of course I would get the right sized cap. Has anyone done this? Does it sound decent? Will it wreck anything?

Thanks

You won't do much just by adding a cap by itself. The speaker still has a DC resistance that will determine the cutoff frequency of the filter. That combined with the reactance of the speaker, it would sound bad.
Use a non-polarized cap with the appropriate sized resistor to get a more accurate cutoff.

[Cal Weldon]

It won't wreck anything, it's a first order filter, 6dB/oct , that's all. What are you trying to accomplish?

Cal