Great dialog timlub and imhififan. Your raising some of the questions I have been wondering about as a novice in this arena. For instance is the capacitor only important as a capacitor or do its other properties such as inductance and resistance enter into shaping the sound. I am appreciating more and more why people get degrees in this stuff:-)
Another question is what is the importance of the type of capacitor to the sound? Film, electrolytic, surface mount...these are terms I quickly ran into which brought me up short. Let me share a picture of the caps from this crossover.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GPHoB3gnQhPUqh-ccHUbzXtPjyAgKBoG/view?usp=sharing
I think these are all electrolytic except for the green one clearly labeled "filmcap" (Duh) and the little clear one which I suspect is called a surface mount capacitor because of its shape and size. So the question is does replacing a film cap or a surface mount with an electrolytic with the same capacitance make any difference with regard to it's function in the crossover.
You will note in the picture is the infamous pink mystery cap that prompted the start of this thread, which has since measured at 2.25mF. I'd be curious if there is anyone out there who can tell me that the color code matches my measurement. For your entertainment here is a picture of the notes that resulted as I tried to decipher the color code.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6a-P8_wewgkkVqZXlnlbMiLfIwCBAfH/view?usp=sharing
Another question is what is the importance of the type of capacitor to the sound? Film, electrolytic, surface mount...these are terms I quickly ran into which brought me up short. Let me share a picture of the caps from this crossover.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GPHoB3gnQhPUqh-ccHUbzXtPjyAgKBoG/view?usp=sharing
I think these are all electrolytic except for the green one clearly labeled "filmcap" (Duh) and the little clear one which I suspect is called a surface mount capacitor because of its shape and size. So the question is does replacing a film cap or a surface mount with an electrolytic with the same capacitance make any difference with regard to it's function in the crossover.
You will note in the picture is the infamous pink mystery cap that prompted the start of this thread, which has since measured at 2.25mF. I'd be curious if there is anyone out there who can tell me that the color code matches my measurement. For your entertainment here is a picture of the notes that resulted as I tried to decipher the color code.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6a-P8_wewgkkVqZXlnlbMiLfIwCBAfH/view?usp=sharing