systemawarrior14 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) Hi, Just wondering if there is much point in replacing the original caps and resistors with some mundorf supreme caps and mox resistors. Any thoughts are appreciated. Edited August 6, 2019 by systemawarrior14 Adding a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maz4bz Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) I refreshed my nice 20+ year old Klipsch KG 5.5's and heard no difference A-Bing side by side old with new. I really wanted to hear an improvement - that's kind of the point right - and thought given their age I should be able to. I kind of wonder if crossover components of the same electrical values are interchanged, can you actually hear this? Sorry this isn't an answer, more a restatement of your question! Completely redesigning the crossover - now that you really really can hear! Edited August 6, 2019 by Maz4bz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surprisetech Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I'd like to see more speakers come out of their factory with a crossover like that. No bipolar electros in sight. Given B&Ws engineering and buying power you probably won't achieve much replacing the caps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surprisetech Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Maz4bz said: I refreshed my nice 20+ year old Klipsch KG 5.5's and heard no difference A-Bing side by side old with new. I really wanted to hear an improvement - that's kind of the point right - and thought given their age I should be able to. I kind of wonder if crossover components of the same electrical values are interchanged, can you actually hear this? Sorry this isn't an answer, more a restatement of your question! Completely redesigning the crossover - now that you really really can hear! Purchased a Klipsch Centre speaker recently. Opened it up the weekend after purchase and didn't see anything in its crossover that warranted an upgrade either. All hefty good looking coils and poly caps. The right type of caps should rarely need replacing. Edited August 6, 2019 by surprisetech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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