http://baasnotes.com/blog/2008/03/24/you-know-youre-a-crazy-aphile-when/ The Site of Northern California Audiophiles and Music Lovers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://baasnotes.com/blog/2008/03/24/you-know-youre-a-crazy-aphile-when/comment-page-1/#comment-16 mala Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:58:59 +0000 http://baasnotes.com/blog/2008/03/24/you-know-youre-a-crazy-aphile-when/#comment-16 Changing caps in an already well tuned x-over is not a simple matter of substituting a similar value of "better quality" cap for the original. Even though a meter will tell you that the two caps have the same capacitance, other parameters will typically cause the filter to misalign. This can cause significant deviation from the intended frequency response of the speaker. Same is true with inductors. Unless you know something about passive filter design and have measurement equipment, you are highly unlikely to improve the sound of the speaker. Changing caps in an already well tuned x-over is not a simple matter of substituting a similar value of “better quality” cap for the original. Even though a meter will tell you that the two caps have the same capacitance, other parameters will typically cause the filter to misalign. This can cause significant deviation from the intended frequency response of the speaker. Same is true with inductors. Unless you know something about passive filter design and have measurement equipment, you are highly unlikely to improve the sound of the speaker.

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