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In Reply to: Bypassing Crossover Capacitors posted by Randal P on June 22, 2016 at 17:13:53:
Truth is, no one cap " does it all " and plays in ALL ranges with the utmost of energy, color, vividness.If, however, I was going to go the " one cap" route, I would suggest the Mundorf M Cap Supereme, Silver, Oil and Gold at the 1200 VDC rating !! No doubt in my mind.
I personally don't have the budget for the best caps, so, I multiple-bypass every cap in every position, in amps and speakers. BUT, it has to be done carefully, on a high quality system, and by your EAR - as the final arbitrator.
The bypass VALUEs you select are critical - to avoid overlap and loss of coherency. Usually, with all else equal, higher-voltage-rating-caps do sound better on my highly optimized A7-800 crossovers !! I'm " into " 1,000 VDC and 1,600 VDC rated caps in my crossovers these days. No contest to my ear, versus SAME cap in, say, a 250 VDC rating.
One other important thing I easily hear on my A7s, a TIP :
I find that whatever I do in the 12 dB realm, bypass-cap-wise for the tweeter, the SAME EXACT bypass VALUES and VDC ratings MUST be applied to the other driver's cap bank, ie : for the woofer's film cap bypassing !!!!!!!
Have FUN !!
Jeff Medwin
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/f700/279373-using-higher-voltage-rated-film-caps-altec-crossovers.html
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