rodman99999
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| Sony's strange speaker cord There should be only two conductors and (hopefully, at least) one will somehow be marked, giving an indication of polarity. Just cut off the connector and determine, with a aaa battery, which lead is positive. That lead, touched to the... | |
| I need a source for high quality capacitors at wholesale Both Mundorf and V-Cap, as you know are, "specialty items", that appear not to be traded, by the manufacturer, through the typical wholesalers (ie: Digikey or Mouser). Kind of like, back in the day, when only certain dealerships in a gi... | |
| testing a crossover Wilmslow Audio built some fairly complex crossovers, for some of their systems, though I’m not familiar with the Mirage’s. A DMM can easily read impedances, thro... | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding @imhififan - Half the capacitance. https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/69715/can-two-electrolytic-capacitors-be-made-into-a... | |
| what is your opinion ? @mrdecibel - Glad I missed this thread, it’s first time around! Regarding the OP: I’d have to add OBTUSE, to your description. Trying to think of term for someone that puts word... | |
| Where is Cary Audio? @audiosd- Welcome to the forum. Hope you can see through the endemic, inane arguments. Their are many informed/experienced here and much valuable info to glean, if you can bear it. Enjoy the journey! | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding If one took the time to view these pics of Klipsch stage monitor crossovers, they’d note that the OEM/factory caps, comprising the LF circuits, are bipolar electrolytics. (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Klipsch-Type-KSM-2-Crossover-/392714043491) ... | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding Examples of electrolytics, specifically for crossovers: (https://theaudiocrafts.com/x-over-parts/audio-grade-capacitors/bennic-non-polar-electrolytic-capacit...) and: (https://theaudiocrafts.com/x-over-parts/audio-grade-capacitors/panasonic-bip... | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding @itsjustme- It's comical that you'd say something like, ".... are you familiar with all the rating components, and with all the various types of capacitors and their pluses and minuses? It gets pretty arcane quickly." and then assert, " Electr... | |
| Where is Cary Audio? @doyle3433- I owned a Cary Rocket 88, before the 100s. Bought the 100s, based on the Rocket's sound signature. My only regret is that mine aren't the SLAM-100s. I just love having lots of headroom. When I wanted to upgrade... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt @knotscott / @lou_setriodes - Did either of you ever perform any of the mods, to your Moscodes? Great amp! | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding Generally speaking: a cap will be used to roll off a woofer at a steeper rate (ie: 12dB/oct), going to ground, between a series connected inductor and the woofer. I’d say you’re clipping your monitor amps, but- that usually will take out t... | |
| Where is Cary Audio? I've had a pair of Cary SLM-100 amps, in my system, since the late 90's. WBT RCAs and 5 ways, HEXFREDs, Vishay metal film resistors (all that- very early on), Duelund cast PIO/Cu coupling caps, Clarity Cap CSAs in B+ circuit and, of course, e... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt @bpoletti - The DH-110 is a preamp. | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt @bpoletti / @nitrobob - The later DH-500/DH-220 driver boards had polypropylene caps, from C1, throughout (same board in both, btw). Hafler offered upgrade kits that contained all those caps (Sprague Orange Drops), of which I still ha... |