Dave A 2344 Posted January 14 On 1/12/2021 at 4:54 PM, Madman1 said: I’ve already made it clear that it’s the black and the stain, not the type wood or the caps! Hmmm, wonder if metal flake paint would make a difference? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybob 13469 Posted January 14 1 minute ago, wstrickland1 said: That stuff will give you the runs... Just what I want... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wetowne 207 Posted January 14 1 hour ago, Dave A said: My guess is Tecate Industries Metallized Polyester Axial Capacitors. Like the woofers Klipsch gets from Eminence, these will not be available to the public since they are proprietary parts made just for Klipsch and to Klipsch specs. I think you're right. I searched high and low on the interwebs and couldn't find anything with the exact specs printed on those caps. addendum: I found Tecate spec sheets for caps on their website. If JEM/Klipsch caps are Tecate the Tecate part number would be 7102H-250/205J. My curiosity has now been satisfied. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madman1 114 Posted January 14 58 minutes ago, Dave A said: Hmmm, wonder if metal flake paint would make a difference? Of course it would Dave! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamahaSHO 341 Posted January 14 On 1/10/2021 at 9:18 PM, yamahaSHO said: Hmm... You have me considering giving these a try. I bought my Heresy's woth Solens already installed and they sounded good. I have put Sonicaps in, however, they have not been used yet on the rebuild. My La Scalas have Sonicaps with the A4500, and they sounded great... No grainy sounds or anything. I went ahead and stuck with these for now. If they sound good, which I suspect they will, I'll leave it as-is: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyH000 5937 Posted January 14 9 hours ago, wetowne said: Sorry for the misunderstanding. No worries at all - whomever makes these caps for klipsch , would still have to manufacture them to klipsch Factory specs to sound right in a klipsch speaker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjimbo 10232 Posted January 14 7 minutes ago, Budman said: according to a klipsch employee he doesn't know what he's talking about crossover art is in today I've been building some, not as pretty, but not bad. Keeps me off the street peddling packs of Costco toilet paper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigerwoodKhorns 1169 Posted January 15 On 1/11/2021 at 1:08 PM, Chief bonehead said: Specification and finding parts/drivers that will not vary outside a certain limit is the hardest part. You wouldn’t believe how hard that is..........consistency On 1/11/2021 at 9:51 PM, sootshe said: I suppose my issue is that how can you legitimately install $10 caps into a potentially $30K speaker & not hear the difference between that & a better quality cap. I had a few pairs of $20K+ B&W Speakers that had pedestrian looking caps in the crossovers. I rebuilt a set of B&W DM3000s from the Mid 1980s ($3K back then) and spoke to their engineers. Funny thing, they said exactly what Roy is saying, you have to make sure the cap performs as necessary in the circuit, no matter how pretty the cap is. I can say this, even with the inexpensive looking caps, the high end B&W speakers sounded fantastic. Same goes for the Palladiums with their 'cheap' looking caps. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyH000 5937 Posted January 15 2 hours ago, tigerwoodKhorns said: Same goes for the Palladiums with their 'cheap' looking caps. Correct , OEM capacitors are cost effective , 1/3 party caps do not mean , a better end result - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marvel 5426 Posted January 15 32 minutes ago, RandyH000 said: Correct , OEM capacitors are cost effective , 1/3 party caps do not mean , a better end result - You could get lucky... Do you feel lucky? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigerwoodKhorns 1169 Posted January 15 15 minutes ago, Marvel said: You could get lucky... Do you feel lucky? That is the problem. How can you test to the degree of the engineers that design the speakers to ensure that the caps that you use achieve the results. You may get great results, you may get otherwise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyH000 5937 Posted January 15 48 minutes ago, Marvel said: Do you feel lucky? yes - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marvel 5426 Posted January 15 Well, I have non Klipsch designed crossovers in my LaScalas and feel I got lucky. Clint Eastwood not withstanding, I started with just having the cabinets and got some K33 woofers and K400 horns. The mid drivers are Atlas, so everything else there gets off. However, my first pair of all original Klipsch part sounded very good to me, too. Should have never sold them, as they looked good, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyH000 5937 Posted January 15 39 minutes ago, Marvel said: feel I got lucky. Clint Eastwood not withstanding great movie - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dwilawyer 4053 Posted January 15 4 hours ago, Budman said: at the end of the day you have to ask yourself, do i have the best components in my Klipsch speakers i have $1100 - $850 and $650 crossovers in my speakers from the best builder in the USA just sayin @Trey Cannon, yeah his stuff was incredible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief bonehead 1406 Posted January 15 6 hours ago, Budman said: at the end of the day you have to ask yourself, do i have the best components in my Klipsch speakers i have $1100 - $850 and $650 crossovers in my speakers from the best builder in the USA just sayin How do they curve against the standard? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClaudeJ1 2662 Posted January 15 40 minutes ago, Deang said: I don't know who this idiot builder is, but I'm sure they curve and sound terrible. In series or parallel, CRL, CRL, CRL be the words! With voltages the result of the transfer functions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigerwoodKhorns 1169 Posted January 15 19 hours ago, Marvel said: Well, I have non Klipsch designed crossovers in my LaScalas and feel I got lucky. Clint Eastwood not withstanding, I started with just having the cabinets and got some K33 woofers and K400 horns. The mid drivers are Atlas, so everything else there gets off. However, my first pair of all original Klipsch part sounded very good to me, too. Should have never sold them, as they looked good, too. Not saying that it is not possible. I have always bought 'good' capacitors, installed them and called it good. But the designers can use cheap looking but well vetted caps that perform as they want and get great sound. I also has de ja vu with Roy's comments as I do remember the exact same comment from B&W. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wuzzzer 1818 Posted January 19 Well, as of today my Heresy LCR all have JEM Performance caps and I can happily say that with a minimal investment I'm very, very pleased at the results. Also, Jim's customer service and communication is great! If anyone else has done a network refresh with JEM caps, please start a new thread and post your results. Thanks! 👍 3 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
