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RE: Dayton or Jantzen cap for MMG crossover?

I tried both the Precision and regular Dayton capacitors this winter.

Personally my MMG's were a bit mis-matched from the factory, one speaker was noticabley brighter than the other. The Precision matched the tweeters. They also seemed to make the tweetwer more defined, not a huge difference but noticeable, more clarified. I listen to a lot of jazz, so cymbals, bells, etc were easier to 'see'.

There are a few people saying the Precision caps are 'harsh', so I tried the regular ones as well. They sounded a bit 'smoother' but to my ear, less precise. http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=027-430

Since then I've gone to line-level active XO and biamp. In my humble opinion, the Precision caps are more accurate. I suspect they sound 'harsh' to some folks because some recordings are harsh, while the less accurate caps smooth/smear the harshness.

Again, just my opinion. The active x-over and bi-amp is a big step up from the upgraded x-over for sure, but a bigger time and money commitment.


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