I simply gave the Dayton as an example. The Canadian supplier I mentioned earlier has similar:
Crossovers, Capacitors, Coils & L-Pads | Caps-Metalized Poly
Crossovers, Capacitors, Coils & L-Pads | Caps-Metalized Poly
sounds great everyone!! great advise!!
i'll wait for the ESR meter and will test everything before going ahead with swapping them out. I do like how they sound now, but after reading tons of people recap their old speakers I thought after 40 years they may be due hehe.
i'll update the thread when I get updates 😀
i'll wait for the ESR meter and will test everything before going ahead with swapping them out. I do like how they sound now, but after reading tons of people recap their old speakers I thought after 40 years they may be due hehe.
i'll update the thread when I get updates 😀
But they also look a little like SCR caps
Axon Capacitor 0.22uF 400Vdc TRUE Cap Series
... which are metalized polypropylene.
Axon Capacitor 0.22uF 400Vdc TRUE Cap Series
... which are metalized polypropylene.
Yep! The jury is out on this one! The original caps may well be polyprops - in which case the gain in replacing them may be minimal.
Don't be surprised if swapping the caps leaves you underwhelmed as Galu has mentioned. It may just be that Father time has attenuated your HF sensitivity and that new caps will leave you wanting.
And yes, the caps with the red ends like that I remember as being polyprops and quite popular in their day.
And yes, the caps with the red ends like that I remember as being polyprops and quite popular in their day.
thank for the info guys!!
they already sound great, so my caps may still be in good condition.
I can't wait to test with the meter.. sooo curious hehe
they already sound great, so my caps may still be in good condition.
I can't wait to test with the meter.. sooo curious hehe
Lots of things happened since I last posted and updated this thread.
so here's an update:
After testing everything last year everything turned out to be on spec so I decided to leave them as is.
I then got lucky a few months ago and found a 2nd pair online. They are now running together side by side in my living room. ( 2 lefts, 2 rights ).
I took apart the 2nd pair and found that a completely different setup of caps ( much newer ) and did sound brighter as some of you suggested would happen.
I left them as is ( both pairs ) and paired together they sound absolutely wonderful. I added small wedge blocks to my more mellow pair to angle them a bit upwards. I used PSaudio's book to help me find the sweet spot for placement in my room and that has also helped alot.
I will have to replace the switches at one point or possibly bypass them to the settings I like but for now, a good clean up seems to have helped.
thanks again for all the great advice!
so here's an update:
After testing everything last year everything turned out to be on spec so I decided to leave them as is.
I then got lucky a few months ago and found a 2nd pair online. They are now running together side by side in my living room. ( 2 lefts, 2 rights ).
I took apart the 2nd pair and found that a completely different setup of caps ( much newer ) and did sound brighter as some of you suggested would happen.
I left them as is ( both pairs ) and paired together they sound absolutely wonderful. I added small wedge blocks to my more mellow pair to angle them a bit upwards. I used PSaudio's book to help me find the sweet spot for placement in my room and that has also helped alot.
I will have to replace the switches at one point or possibly bypass them to the settings I like but for now, a good clean up seems to have helped.
thanks again for all the great advice!