Upgrade 20 years old crossovers


My last thread informed me that the best thing I can do for my great 20 year old speakers is replace speaker wire inside cabinet and replace capacitors etc. on the cross over circuit board. Please help me prioritize in what order to change components on an old cross over circuit board say electrolytes, plate capacitors, resistors etc. Obviously there is diminishing return. Thanks in advance for helping out.
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Showing 1 response by freshpuma

Hi

I would suggest that you change one component at a time, listen to it for 14 days, then put back the old component and see if you like the old or new better.

I had a pair of old Tannoy dual concentric speakers. As I was unexperienced, I replaced all the parts at with really expensive stuff. I used the new crossover for some months, and then I decided to sell the speakers. Prior to the sale, I installed the old crossovers. And guess what, the speakers sounded better with the cheap old parts.

You can probably make your speaker sound better with exotic parts, but also worse.

What kind of speakers do you have?

Theo