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In Reply to: RE: 3.6R crossover mods posted by watts on December 27, 2022 at 14:11:48
You kinda went 'audiophile' with your mods. ie, $$$$$
I would have recommended Madisound for parts vice somebody like Jeff Glowhacki.
The soldering doesn't look great, but that's because you're using silver solder. Just a normal rosin-core SN63 is much preferable.
Dave.
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Thanks Davey, I'll take that as a compliment :)
Of course with the exception of the tweeter and binding post terminals the silver solder is kind of redundant. After twisting the wires together I could not budge those connections with my fingers, so the contact was made between wire ends, cap ends and inductor ends, and the solder is just there to hold it tight together over time of course. No current should flow through it anyway, but I already had that Cardas silver solder from 10 years ago when I put the proper binding posts on them and got rid of the fuses and resistor circuit.
Do you have any idea what the stock inductors LCR was by chance? I was going to buy a low ohmmeter out of curiosity but refrained. I might grab the .82 mH one and take it to an electronics repair shop and ask if they would measure it for me.
"Do you have any idea what the stock inductors LCR was by chance?"
I don't, but it's too late for that now, right? :)
Generally, inductors of these low values are fairly low DCR anyways. So, I don't think you've skewed the response significantly.
Silver-bearing solder can be troublesome to work with and has no advantage in this sort of application.
I wouldn't have any problem using the spade connectors. As long as they have a decent squeeze on the tab they'll be just fine.....and removable for convenience.
Dave.
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