Attn: Speaker DIY expert


I want to upgrade the crossover on my DIY monitor. It's a Jim Griffin design with Jordan JX92s and Aurum Cantus drivers. I put some no name brand crossover parts from Radioshack on it . Can somebody tell me what is the best capacitor, resistor and coil to buy. Please include the type and brand and the store where I can buy them.

Here is the list of parts that I need:

L1 = 1.5 mH 16 awg.
L2 = 0.3 mH 20 awg.
C1 = 6.8 uf
C2 = 5.1 uf
C3 = 15 uf
R1 = 8 ohms 10W
R2 = 3 ohms 10W
R3 = 1 ohm 10W
PCB board.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate taking your time.
royy

Showing 1 response by chadeffect

The above answers are all good.

The nicely priced sonic caps are great especially when bypassed with mundorf Caps (silver in oil are good, but the gold ones are amazing if you can afford them). On their own the sonic caps can have a slightly plastic quality although great dynamics and detail. Bypassing with a mundorf 0.1mf or 0.01mf makes for a pin point image with very rich natural texture.

Try the Caddock metal film resistors. I have used the mills, but once burned in the Caddocks are more coherent and have less noise.

Alpha core copper foil inductors are stunning too. The DCR value may be different to what you have, but I doubt dangerously so.