Best Capacitors for Crossovers

I have tried the Solens and they are ok but they seem to compress the dynamics.

Really? I found the opposite, with all of them, when used in my ESL xovers, and even in my Plasma tweeter xovers, especially I found the SILVER METALLIZED POLYPROPYLENE to be vey good, but everything has to be perfect to handle these babies, because they’re so fast and clean.

Which ones did you try?, as there are quite a few models (8 I believe) that can do the job inside a speaker xover.

Cheers George

I've used those in my crossover with great success on a similar tweeter.

Now I'm waiting on some to arrive for my power amp.

Good luck.

My DIY speakers are sounding very nice. Hard to believe that these small speakers sound so good. If I haven't mentioned before I am also using 2 JL Audio F-113 subs.

Hi Ozzy,

Yes, resistors in the tweeter section are usually to pad down the level.  Tweeters tend to be very sensitive, around 98 dB for instance at 2.83V, while woofers, when all is said and done, may be around 87 dB for a small diameter woofer. So that's 11 dB difference. It's close to 10x the power needed in  the woofer than the tweeter.

I just posted sample files for my own DIY kit. It includes simulation files so you can play with the design and see how each part contributes to the sound.

Best,

Erik

Ozzy,

Here is a link to the LM-1 speaker kit. This particular page discusses the crossover, and how the tweeter level is set.

http://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2016/05/lm-1-bookshelf-crossover.html

Best,

Erik