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NEED HELP WITH A MIRAGE M1 CROSSOVER---- IDENTIFYING WHAT CAPACITORS GO TO WHAT DRIVERS

I have a pair of Mirage M1's and one of the caps went bad. Being that the caps are over 25 years old, I thought it best to replace all of them. I decided I would like to use some mundorf MKP Caps for the bass drivers and the midranges, and maybe some Jansen z superior or some Obbligato Premium film caps for the tweeters. 
Unfortunately I am not sure what caps directly correspond to what drivers. Wondering if someone could PLEASE, Help me to figure out what caps go to what drivers. SEE ENCLOSED PICTURE
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idahifi
mgreen27
147 posts
 

Disconnect them one at a time and see which drivers go out.

Are you sure its a good idea to use different cap's? There may be some negative effects, but I can't say for sure. You may want to find a DIY website and ask there. 

idahifi OP
100 posts
 
Yea I think it'll be OK, I have to replace them regardless because of their age. If I don't replace,  I risk losing a driver if one goes out and causes damage. Finding the original ones I think is unlikely, so I think these new mundorfs and obbligatos will do a nice job.
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ozzy
7,494 posts
 

I have tried both the Jantzen Silver Z cap and the Mundorf Supreme S/G/O.

I went with all Mundorf Supreme S/G/O caps.

The Jantzen are very good but can be a little too harsh, but that would depend on your crossover point. I am crossing my ribbon tweeters over at 2000Hz which really revealed the harshness in the Jantzens.

mgreen27
147 posts
 

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