Older Crossover mods: cap replacements, help...

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I have a late 80's vintage set of JBL studio monitors and I want to replace the old electrolytic capacitors with new ones. I have replaced the woofers with upgrades that JBL offers, but the sound is still a little thin and slightly harsh. I want to try and upgrade the caps to see if this helps (since the caps are almost 2 decades old, I figure it wouldn't hurt anyhow)

My questions are this:

I heard that I should use film caps, what are good brands/types that are considered "warm" and where can they be ordered from?

Do I replace the caps with ones of the same uF values?

Any other tips or components that I should look into besides the caps?

Thankyou for the help.

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Topic - Older Crossover mods: cap replacements, help... - Yashu 04:51:11 05/22/07 (6)

RE: Older Crossover mods: cap replacements, help... - quirck 10:46:38 05/23/07 (0)

RE: Older Crossover mods: cap replacements, help... - BobM 12:27:12 05/22/07 (0)

Yes, go PP film caps. - cheap-Jack 12:19:35 05/22/07 (0)

RE: Older Crossover mods: cap replacements, help... - Mike B. 10:09:10 05/22/07 (0)

Here U go............ - kenster 05:19:21 05/22/07 (1)

Exactly what I needed, thanks! - Yashu 09:27:53 05/22/07 (0)

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