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BEST HARMLESS/SIGNATURELESS SPEAKERS CAPACITORS.

Dear friends:I really need your helpwith first hand experiences with speaker crossover capacitors founded in next main experiences/tested premises: for a 3-way speaker design, high resolution audio systems, very low distortion audio systems, wide systems frequency range, " zero trade-offs ".

I know that the best capacitor is NO-capacitor, well I need your near to that full experiences with another desired premises from you: audio systems using SS electronics and mainly listening MUSIC through digital sources.

All your opinions/help are appreciated.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.


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erik_squires
15,803 posts
 
I’m not reading an encyclopedia to yelp you.


1 - My comment re : electrolytics was to be careful switching from them to film. If your speaker was originally film, then no problem.

2 - I was only discussing speaker caps.

3 - Our interactions have not been very nice, so I’m going to stop trying to share my experiences with you.  No one here is entitled to help, and no one obligated to help.

Best of luck.

Bye.
erik_squires
15,803 posts
 
Hey,

I have experience with Audyn True Copper as bypass caps only. As I mentioned, I found that with small CMR caps, they did not improve much, but with larger values they are really something!

Also very expensive comparatively, about 0.1uF goes for $20.
Not nearly as expensive as a Jupiter or Duelund at the same value though.

Be careful though if you are replacing electrolytic caps which go to ground. If you drop the DCR too much you can alter the sound unintentionally,and drop the minimum speaker impedance by a lot!


erik_squires
15,803 posts
 
I'm sorry, it wasn't clear from your original post if you were building a new speaker set, or upgrading an existing.
My advice was given for a new build, not an upgrade. The brand recommendations remain in either case. :)
erik_squires
15,803 posts
 
Clarity CMR, bypass > 5uF with a 0.1 copper film

But I have to ask, a 3 way speaker system is 2x as difficult to make correctly than a 2-way, if this is your first speaker, I strongly recommend:
1 - Visit DIYaudio for help
2 - Learn your taste and build up your skills by making something inexpensive first or

3 - Make a kit

Also, consider a 2.5 way. Smaller, fewer parts, higher efficiency and the bass extension is such that it does really well in a lot of living rooms compared to super speakers.
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