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Post Subject: Additive capacitance: mixing oils and films?Posted by stuck.wilson on: 6/26/2007
heres a question for the lot of you-
due to general lack of many available capacitors in my shop-- i recently mixed both film AND oil caps to pull together a necessary value for a passive crossover.
the GOOD of it, is that it takes away some of the overaccentuated "speed" of the film caps, which is a nice touch. to boot-- it sounds like a better FR fit, too. the lesser glareyness in the upper mids is nice as well, but could be either a function of a less strained driver due to the raised XO frequency (it is a small 2 way system), or the oil cap-- but its too early to tell.
the BAD of it... it is noisy.. but sonically-- not enough time to tell yet.
beyond this- its so recent, i cant speak as to its merit (or not)-- but i wonder if the mixing of such radically different capacitors is bound for sonic disaster time wise, or otherwise? any input or experiences would be appreciated on "proper capacitor etiquette" in passive crossover construction!
thanks all--
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