Anyone use foil inductors to rebuild their crossover?
POLK3429
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Has anyone used foil inductors to rebuild their SDA crossovers - or any model family for that matter?
Any suggestions for brands and models?
My understanding is to use air-core inductors for the low-pass and band-pass networks, and solid-core inductors for the low-pass networks.
The SDA SRS 2's (blade/blade) should have the following crossover inductors:
TWEETER NETWORK
- (2) 0.4 mH
MIDRANGE NETWORK
- (2) 1.2 mH
- 9.6 mH Due to the high value, this would probably be wire-wound and not foil.
Any suggestions for brands and models?
My understanding is to use air-core inductors for the low-pass and band-pass networks, and solid-core inductors for the low-pass networks.
The SDA SRS 2's (blade/blade) should have the following crossover inductors:
TWEETER NETWORK
- (2) 0.4 mH
MIDRANGE NETWORK
- (2) 1.2 mH
- 9.6 mH Due to the high value, this would probably be wire-wound and not foil.
Comments
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its next impossible to find the right DCR equivalent in foil- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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its next impossible to find the right DCR equivalent in foil
A resistor could be added in series to a foil inductor to make the correct DCR though, correct? -
It's better to just use the right part in my experience.
Any benefit you think you are receiving would be negated and more- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
agree with @VR3 above, FWIW. Keep things as simple as possible; generally, I'd opine that it's false economy to add parts to work around a discrepancy in a perceived upgrade.
Mind you (and, again, FWIW), I am a fan of Goertz foil inductors -- but I've only used them in ab initio crossover construction, as opposed to retrofitting.
