Deang Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Is the midrange cap on both of these models an electrolytic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 lol, no one knows the answer to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 i cant say for sure on the chorus 1 but have read it was also an electrolytic, pics of chorus crossovers show 2 electrolytics so probably safe to say the 7mfd on chorus is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 @Crankysoldermeister any ideas why an electrolytic was used here? whats the advantage to using a lytic when most other models use a film cap for the mid? its a smaller 7 or 6 for ch2, figured it would have used a "better" PE cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Probably because it gave them the sound they wanted. I know people don't believe this, but they actually do listen. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 ok. was more curious what you thought about an electrolytic vs PE in the signal path of a chorus/2. but i get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Remember the story I told you about my Advents? Maybe it is "cheaping out", but maybe not. I'm not making assumptions anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY User Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I'm not sure this question was definitively answered for the Chorus I, so here's what I know. The 7uF (100V)cap on the original crossover is a bipolar electrolytic. Here's a picture of the crossover from my Chorus I's. The small blue cap in the lower left corner is the 7uF electrolytic. Jim 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mboxler Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 10:40 AM, 001 said: @Crankysoldermeister any ideas why an electrolytic was used here? What's the advantage to using a lytic when most other models use a film cap for the mid? its a smaller 7 or 6 for ch2, figured it would have used a "better" PE cap. This would seem to been a good example of whether capacitor ESR really matters. In the Chorus I circuit, the 15 ohm resistor is in series with the capacitor's ESR. If the capacitor's tolorance is 5%, it would be anywhere from 14.25 to 15.75 ohms. Couldn't the value of the resistor have a greater impact on the total impedance than the ESR of the capacitor? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 A Mills resistor came with my Dean cap kit. Forgot the value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amped Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I have not been in my c2's but got this image from somewhere on this forum. Hope it helps... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 3 hours ago, mboxler said: If the capacitor's tolorance is 5%, it would be anywhere from 14.25 to 15.75 ohms. Ever look at an ESR chart for electrolytics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, amped said: I have not been in my c2's but got this image from somewhere on this forum. Hope it helps... Here, this will help, the 6 uf and 68 uf are electrolytics in the Chorus II so yes, both the Mid and Woofer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 10/5/2022 at 3:25 PM, amped said: I have not been in my c2's but got this image from somewhere on this forum. Hope it helps... looks like "he/they" replaced the mid electrolytic with a poly cap & kept the woofer shunt cap electrolytic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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