recapping crossovers....do or don't?


I need some advice....I have recapped several pieces of my system with good results. But I am really hesitant to do so with my outboard crossovers on my speakers. The reason is they sound wonderful.....very coherent,musical,and image beautifuly. You ask why look for trouble....well the crossovers use MIT multicaps which I think are fine...but there are about 4 Solens also. Solens have a soso reputation and are not known as a really hi quality cap.

Do you think there is anything to gain here or am I playing with fire....BTW these speakers have Dynaudio drivers and are about 94-96db efficient.
wavetrader

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Capacitors are a can of worms. Unless they are truly junk change out the inductors first using air cores wherever the original XO used iron cores.
Wavetrader...That's good news. Maybe it means that they knew what they were doing when they picked the capacitors.

If you do make changes, do only one speaker to start with so that you can compare your results with the stock XO.
Wavetrader...Comparing stock and modified speakers is very easy. You put them side by side, play a mono source, and swing the balance control from side to side.