At the moment I am in the process of building an external xover for the deCapo's. I am replacing the Silver /oil Mundorf cap with a Cast CU Duelund. The resister is being replaced with a Duelund Cast silver resister. The internal wiring will also be replaced with custom silver ribbon wire.
From the tests I've conducted, with the small gauge copper wire in the deCapo, the silver improves the overall sonics of the speaker. Mainly in the bass as the copper seems slow and fat compared to the tautness and speed of the silver.
With the Mundorf cap the tweeter has more energy in the upper treble, that is why most desighers use them, and to me I could not get pass this. The speaker wasnt balanced and on some recordings in the upper register it almost seemed that with the extra energy on top it was shouting.
I agree with the above characteristics of the deCapo. The drivers are integrated well and the crossover is on the + side of the tweeter.
I am listening to the soft dome tweeter and not the beryllium.
Seas builds a driver in the Excel series that uses Nextel. I have bought these drivers and it has the texture of suede. Interesting that Rwef 3a is offering this a a finish.
I am waiting on a shipment from Parts Connexion and will report back when I have completed the project. I have taken some photos but with Agons new format it is difficult to get members email to send photos.
From the tests I've conducted, with the small gauge copper wire in the deCapo, the silver improves the overall sonics of the speaker. Mainly in the bass as the copper seems slow and fat compared to the tautness and speed of the silver.
With the Mundorf cap the tweeter has more energy in the upper treble, that is why most desighers use them, and to me I could not get pass this. The speaker wasnt balanced and on some recordings in the upper register it almost seemed that with the extra energy on top it was shouting.
I agree with the above characteristics of the deCapo. The drivers are integrated well and the crossover is on the + side of the tweeter.
I am listening to the soft dome tweeter and not the beryllium.
Seas builds a driver in the Excel series that uses Nextel. I have bought these drivers and it has the texture of suede. Interesting that Rwef 3a is offering this a a finish.
I am waiting on a shipment from Parts Connexion and will report back when I have completed the project. I have taken some photos but with Agons new format it is difficult to get members email to send photos.