Tannoy 3134 DC ZM-induced purchase, service and repair

ссг from russian is ssg, translated with google.
Initially I remembered them as being teflon but after a quick search I seen these are silver mica.
I still have some spare space on the crossover pcb so the entire night I kept thinking about these caps.
 
I have 8pcs of 50nf silver mica caps.
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Was thinking to connect 1-2 pieces in parallel and then use them as bypass for the 2 caps in the tweeter crossover network.
Anyone had experience with silver micas as bypass caps?
Silver MICAs are great, I use them in my xo too, for tweeter bypass. You may try difderent values to get the best sound, however.
 
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Judging by the eye I said that I have room for 4pcs, 2 in parallel for each position.
Unfortunately there is room for only two pieces and these need to be stacked.
So I connected 50nf in each position.
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The contacts were not soldering at all so had to disolder them and solder the wires directly to the cap terminals.
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Like you say ZM there isn’t much to be noticed but I will leave them in for a while and then remove them to see if I notice something’s missing.

The clarity caps did make a difference, I am saying it again because today I went with gnfb and lower thd in the amp.
With the amp having gnfb the low level details are much better and also the location of the instruments is perceived easier.
It sounds a bit less warm but with better control on everything.
With gnfb the bass is a bit drier and more precise.
On music that is bass shy the difference is not so big but as soon as things complicate a bit of feedback can be good.
Its a good thing that I can change the front ends like I change the tracks. Makes this evaluation much easier.
 
Having a wood floor I use the coin support of the spikes to pull them from here to there, just to be able to do what I need to without scratching the floor.
If I install a small carpet under each it will be even easier.
Though a forklift like that is nice when you want to move them in another room.
 
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Very nice cabinets

Did you commission them?…or did hirscwi build them for himself and sell them on to you?

I wish I could find someone here in the North East to build me a pair. Spine problems prevent me now from building them myself.
Thanks. Not a formal arrangement or anything – ZM helped with the plans, I assembled the crossovers, and Bill was kind enough to build the cabinets. I'm just riding the coattails of people more talented than me 🙂
 
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