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Changing 100uf cap

Dear friends after the pre and the amp have been caped with the jupiter Iam interested in changing the caps of my speakers also they are all 600vdc but the issue is they are large values like 22uf, 8.2uf,33ufand the biggest 100uf all of them are the Audyn Q6 caps can we do better and what brand will be sensible as they are huge value it will cost a bomb your feed back will be really helpful.
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erik_squires
16,142 posts
 

First, be very careful here. Make sure you measure the equivalent series resistance (ESR) and compensate. This is especially important in caps that go to ground. Dayton Audio DATS is the perfect tool for this.  Messing these up can create a severe and narrow drop in impedance which moist do not expect.

Next, since the largest caps in speakers tend to be the bass caps to ground they don’t usually get the super deluxe treatment. Axion (Solen) is probably good enough.

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imhififan
2,205 posts
 

Axion (Solen) is probably good enough.

The Audyn Q6 caps in OP’s speakers crossover are MKP film capacitors, I don’t see the need of changing them, IMO.

 

sns
3,265 posts
 

With those values, worthwhile improvements will be out of this world price and massive size would require outboard crossover. Keep what you have.

pedroeb
493 posts
 

Here's sone interesting Capacitor Test that might be helpful. It includes 9 clarity caps.

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