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In Reply to: Vintage speaker crossover upgrade posted by budget fi on June 8, 2023 at 17:01:45:
I received my new parts from parts express and installed them. My initial goal was to just replace the one cap that was in there and test one speaker but for some reason I also installed the extra tweeter cap at the same time.
I completed one speaker in about 15 minutes and set it up to test. The first 10 second impression was the new parts were not as bright and had slightly less volume. After a bit of back and forth it became apparent that the speaker with the old parts was not as smooth in the highs and everything distorted before the one with new parts did as the volume went up. With both speakers new parts installed the balance is excellent and improvement is noticeable, especially as the volume goes up.
Probably should have done the midrange first but I was a bit impatient. Maybe I'll go back and test again without the .47 uf tweeter cap. The old mid caps measured at 3.7uf from the 3.3uf label which suggest they were funtioning somewhat.
It's worth noting that the biggest improvement came before any mods to the speakers when I move them to the basement which has a concrete floor and room treatments. I have a bit of a novice recording studio that has treatments on the walls and ceiling.
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- The verdict is in - budget fi 17:34:21 06/18/23 (0)
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