Probably a stupid question and I am not wanting to get into “what is the best capacitor” or “do capacitors sound dramatically different” but ……..
Just about to attempt my first passive crossover and do not have a stock of parts so will be buying everything from scratch so want to keep everything as cheap as possible so I can fine tune if necessary.
So I know it is OK to use Electrolytic Bipolar caps on the parallel part of the woofer low pass circuit, but what about using them everywhere else to test out the circuit. This is as opposed to using polypropylene.
My current parts list is -
82uf (woofer low pass) - Mundorf ECap / Jantzen eLeCap
then 27uf, 18uf, 15uf, 6.8uF, 3.3uf, 0.56uf caps which are a mix of Jantzen Cross Cap and Standard whichever was the cheapest, can I just use Electrolytic Bipolars for these as a starting point? This will save about £40 per speaker.
I guess if it all sounds good I can replace with polypropylene at a later stage.
Just about to attempt my first passive crossover and do not have a stock of parts so will be buying everything from scratch so want to keep everything as cheap as possible so I can fine tune if necessary.
So I know it is OK to use Electrolytic Bipolar caps on the parallel part of the woofer low pass circuit, but what about using them everywhere else to test out the circuit. This is as opposed to using polypropylene.
My current parts list is -
82uf (woofer low pass) - Mundorf ECap / Jantzen eLeCap
then 27uf, 18uf, 15uf, 6.8uF, 3.3uf, 0.56uf caps which are a mix of Jantzen Cross Cap and Standard whichever was the cheapest, can I just use Electrolytic Bipolars for these as a starting point? This will save about £40 per speaker.
I guess if it all sounds good I can replace with polypropylene at a later stage.
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I use cheap caps to test my crossovers. What's important is that they actually measure the same as the stated value. Electrolytics tend to stray more. So make sure that you're metering them and they measure the same as their stated value. You can replace with other caps later if you think that they will make a difference in the sound.
Yes you should start tweaking with cheap caps first, trust me you'll go through quite a handful of values before
you find the right combo that you like. Bi polars for speakers from Nichicon aren't too shabby. Dont think they cost alot
