I know this is something silly but I am a bit OCD when it comes to buying components for crossovers and I need a bit of advice.
I cannot design my own crossover and I usually build stuff created by experienced DIYers. That means that the values of important coils are specified but what happens with the ones that have no DCR mentioned, like the ones in notch filters? Ideally it would be great to use a 8AWG coil but I am still waiting for that lottery ticket How do you decide on the DCR there-12AWG,14AWG, a certain ratio between the DCR and a resistor in line... :roll:
Second comes paralleling of caps. I know we all do it but has anyone compared a stack against an exact value? For example I have a cap on the midrange that is 47uF and if I stack a few I could buy something rather nice, not many good caps are made in that value.
Same for the big caps in notch filters-is it better to use one big cap of lesser quality against a stack of good ones?
And last - anyone has a spare pair of a great cap like ClarityCap MR or Audyn true copper in 3.9uF or any crossover parts for sale please send me a PM, I might dearly need something that is not in use... Or a good for sale section on a forum it would be great. TIA
I cannot design my own crossover and I usually build stuff created by experienced DIYers. That means that the values of important coils are specified but what happens with the ones that have no DCR mentioned, like the ones in notch filters? Ideally it would be great to use a 8AWG coil but I am still waiting for that lottery ticket How do you decide on the DCR there-12AWG,14AWG, a certain ratio between the DCR and a resistor in line... :roll:
Second comes paralleling of caps. I know we all do it but has anyone compared a stack against an exact value? For example I have a cap on the midrange that is 47uF and if I stack a few I could buy something rather nice, not many good caps are made in that value.
Same for the big caps in notch filters-is it better to use one big cap of lesser quality against a stack of good ones?
And last - anyone has a spare pair of a great cap like ClarityCap MR or Audyn true copper in 3.9uF or any crossover parts for sale please send me a PM, I might dearly need something that is not in use... Or a good for sale section on a forum it would be great. TIA
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