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

Why do you feel the need to change your xover caps ?

Usually, they are film capacitors and would last more than anyone on this thread would.

Unless any of them are busted, just leave them alone :-)

 

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

Perhaps upgrade the speaker to active is a better move?

I can't imagine that speaker crossover capacitors would degrade much. 

How old are these? 

Are any showing leakage?

I would suggest having them tested prior to replacing them. 

In electronic components,  the power supply capacitors are the most important to replace first. Then the electrolytic capacitors on the boards. 

 

Capacitors rarely fail but they do slowly degrade. 

This can be measured as a reduction in their ability to hold their value. A 10,000 uf capacitor might start to measure around 9,000 uf.

Unless you see leakage or your equipment is over 30 years old,  your capacitors are probably still good. 

 

Remember that they probably have a 10 to 20 % tolerance built into the design anyway. The circuit would still operate as designed even if the capacitors drift from the stated rating. 

I recently recapped a mcintosh amplifier that was 45 years old. 

I found that the biggest benefit was eliminating power supply humm.

Changing the capacitors on the board had little audible benefit. 

 

Remember that it's heat that degrades electronic components. 

 

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