Hoping for some guidance from the speaker builder experts here.
I have a new pair of Tekton Lores. They're still breaking in. But once broken in, I'd like to swap out the stock caps in the crossovers with some copper foil caps -- just b/c I like to play with stuff and I happen to have 2 of the 3 cap values in my parts bins. I'll order the missing value.
Issue: the stock 3.3 uF and 10 uF Dayton film caps are fairly small in size and weigh very little. The Audyn 3.3 uF and Miflex 10 uF copper foil caps that I plan to replace them with are huge and heavy. The same will be true for the 5.6 uF 'lytic that I plan to replace with copper foil. I'm not confident that the cross-brace supporting the stock crossover could take the additional weight - I estimate that the new caps will add about 10+ lbs or so. And I don't want to mess with the open volume of the cabinet. The 10 uF Miflex is truly enormous.
So I'm tentatively planning to rebuild each crossover in a box that I can put behind the speaker. I'll add an additional pair of binding posts, with one pair connected directly to the tweeter and the other to the woofer.
Questions for experts:
(1) Any obvious problem(s) with my plan?
(2) If the plan is workable, is there anything I need to pay special attention to? For example, regarding the wiring from the crossover to the drivers, do I need to keep the wiring as short as possible? Other things?
Many thanks in advance,
Derek
I have a new pair of Tekton Lores. They're still breaking in. But once broken in, I'd like to swap out the stock caps in the crossovers with some copper foil caps -- just b/c I like to play with stuff and I happen to have 2 of the 3 cap values in my parts bins. I'll order the missing value.
Issue: the stock 3.3 uF and 10 uF Dayton film caps are fairly small in size and weigh very little. The Audyn 3.3 uF and Miflex 10 uF copper foil caps that I plan to replace them with are huge and heavy. The same will be true for the 5.6 uF 'lytic that I plan to replace with copper foil. I'm not confident that the cross-brace supporting the stock crossover could take the additional weight - I estimate that the new caps will add about 10+ lbs or so. And I don't want to mess with the open volume of the cabinet. The 10 uF Miflex is truly enormous.
So I'm tentatively planning to rebuild each crossover in a box that I can put behind the speaker. I'll add an additional pair of binding posts, with one pair connected directly to the tweeter and the other to the woofer.
Questions for experts:
(1) Any obvious problem(s) with my plan?
(2) If the plan is workable, is there anything I need to pay special attention to? For example, regarding the wiring from the crossover to the drivers, do I need to keep the wiring as short as possible? Other things?
Many thanks in advance,
Derek