Capacitor

I've used those Wima caps in a diy dac project years ago, meh.

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Say what you will. First Watt, Mac, Pass, VTL, and a dozen other preamp, power amps, active crossovers, etc are FULL of them. You name the company, chances are, there are at least a few WIMA caps in them.

Vishay has a cheap electrolytic 160v cap I use to use in crossover builds.  They were one of the best caps ever made. In 1 hour they sound the way they are going to sound. 160v may not be a 500 watt cap, but they hold up very well for the pennies spent.. Not a lot of different sizes either..  Resistors, no one makes better, copper (non mag) resistors..

I have a First Watt B5, Wima, and Vishay, Mac is the same, even Decware on their little IC boards. BTW which is a BIG step up from Audiophile Caps (Decware) used in the voicing of a stock ZP3. What a junk cap.. Anything would have been better.. First chance they are out of there..

TRTs I like teflons, in certain places, if I can stand the break in..
Coppers, I've gone through a few, NOW.. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not real impressed. I pulled them back out of a factory upgrade from Cary.
I changed valves, just knowing Jupiter was a great upgrade.. NO, 500 hours I kept asking where is the BEEF? TRTs went back in, night and day.. 

I used Audyn  copper foils on the signal coupling caps, They sure sound good there. Audyn is a BIG heavy cap, too. You recap with that cap you add POUNDS to the build.. LOL

Regards

cakyol 

I have a question, about, the cap located in this crossover. You know what's going on.

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Can I use directional caps in this crossover?  Hooking the + side of the cap to the incoming  + signal and the - side (marked) in the direction towards the speaker + terminal? OR in the case of C7 where it is going + to -?

Could there be an issue for the amp in any way?

I'm not try to set you up either.. LOL I'm asking because I've used directional caps in crossovers (Vishay 160v) with wonderful results.

Actually one of the most neutral caps I've ever used other than Clarity.

I've found that resistors have a signature too.. I'd like to see some studies on that. 

The exception a LOT of boutique caps. Mundorf is about as colorful as they get. The exception being the little white Classic 630v..

What say you Mr cakyol, I was just wondering, why? Bi pole vs polarized, would it make a difference in a passive crossover? I'm cheap when it comes to 400.00 usd caps that are on the low side.. I'm a 4.00 cap guy.  40 cents is even better. :-)

Russian surplus PIO. 2.00 dollar special. Why not they sound really good?

What about Russian surplus, ANYONE? Who has used what?

Regards

cakyol,

I knew you would know the answer without the chest thumpin’, and making my brain hurt.. :-)

Thanks again..

Regards