crossover in monitor 5

canadianicon25
canadianicon25 Posts: 200
edited December 2012 in Vintage Speakers
just looking for some advice on this one:

want to replace Solen caps in x-over on mon 5 with either sonicap or clarity. anyway, both manufac. only make up to a 33uf. the crossover originally has a 34uf for the low pass. should i simply purchase a 33uf and forget about it or combine caps to produce 34uf?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited December 2012
    I used the 33uF from Clarity, no issues at all. Use the 33uF and be happy

    H9
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  • gmjungbluth
    gmjungbluth Posts: 232
    edited December 2012
    Why are you replacing the Solen? I am about to recap a Mon 5jr with a Solen so I'd be very interested to hear your opinion.

    Thanks

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  • canadianicon25
    canadianicon25 Posts: 200
    edited December 2012
    people say solens don't sound very good esp. for the high pass. i would like to ditch the solen for the HP cct for a clarity or sonicap for sure but was simply making the inquiry about the LP. for the LP cct the solen is probably fine....
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited December 2012
    canadianicon25 wrote: »
    people say solens don't sound very good esp. for the high pass. i would like to ditch the solen for the HP cct for a clarity or sonicap for sure but was simply making the inquiry about the LP. for the LP cct the solen is probably fine....
    Put your money in the Hi-Pass Capacitors. Those caps are in Series with the tweeters. Any decent quality Metalized Polypropylene will do just fine in the 2nd order Bypass. They're in Parallel with the Woofer. You don't hear them. Solen, Dayton, Bennic will all work there just fine.
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  • canadianicon25
    canadianicon25 Posts: 200
    edited December 2012
    i think i will go with clarity cap in the HP cct. because they are available in Canada.
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