When to recap a speaker.

Posted by sanman (A) on January 4, 2015 at 08:06:54

I have elected to recap several vintage speakers, especially if the is an obvious problem or if I am unhappy with the upper frequency response. Often, the original electrolytics look fine, occasionally, one is swollen up. Typically the new capacitors brighten up the upper frequencies.
My "new to me" KLH 5's demonstrate remarkable inner detail. I redoped the woofers and improved the bass response. I see a lot of posts about recapping these as well. However, i am leaning towards leaving them alone as they sound pretty nice as is. Thoughts?
"When the demon is at your door, in the mornin' it won't be there no more"
Steely Dan

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Topic - When to recap a speaker. - sanman 08:06:54 01/04/15 (21)

Don't Invalidate Your Vintage Speakers - Mike Porper 09:34:52 01/08/15 (0)

Caps to ground... - TWR 06:35:16 01/06/15 (0)

This is a good conversation as - sanman 13:23:00 01/05/15 (0)

RE: When to recap a speaker. - Brian Levy 17:49:24 01/04/15 (0)

you recap a speaker when you see a non polar electrolytic(s) - Michael Samra 13:43:33 01/04/15 (13)

Yeah, but - E-Stat 07:36:54 01/05/15 (8)

RE: Yeah, but - Michael Samra 07:52:36 01/05/15 (7)

RE: Yeah, but - E-Stat 08:40:44 01/05/15 (6)

Yep, it's not always as simple as just swapping with the same value cap - DFaulds 09:20:10 01/05/15 (0)

RE: Yeah, but - Crazy Dave 09:16:26 01/05/15 (4)

Yep! - E-Stat 09:24:41 01/05/15 (3)

RE: Yep! - Michael Samra 09:34:06 01/05/15 (2)

Sorry - E-Stat 09:41:18 01/05/15 (1)

RE: Sorry - Michael Samra 13:45:50 01/05/15 (0)

RE: you recap a speaker when you see a non polar electrolytic(s) - escape2cfc 17:42:00 01/04/15 (3)

RE: you recap a speaker when you see a non polar electrolytic(s) - Brian Levy 16:47:11 01/05/15 (1)

RE: you recap a speaker when you see a non polar electrolytic(s) - Crazy Dave 12:57:16 01/06/15 (0)

RE: you recap a speaker when you see a non polar electrolytic(s) - Michael Samra 19:11:54 01/04/15 (0)

RE: When to recap a speaker. - BillH 11:43:08 01/04/15 (1)

RE: When to recap a speaker. - sanman 13:44:21 01/04/15 (0)

RE: When to recap a speaker. - johnmil 08:12:24 01/04/15 (0)

When to recap a speaker.

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