Al Klappenberger Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Guys, Now is this modern innovation or what! According to the direction the writing reads, the red is the input and green is the output (as if AC had such a thing). AL K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Yup, because Audiophools will believe almost everything. I didn't know it but I had my interconnects plugged in backwards for 5 years! And of course you have to have 'Balanced Outputs' for those 5 foot runs! Also make sure you 'Cook' and then 'Freeze' your interconnects before using them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Good grief Al c'mon. Its just like putting a fuse symbol on a schematic. You know that you have to line it up so it matches AC input phase or good greif youd have all you input AC out of phase with yer fuse fer cryin out loud. Imagine that catastrophe.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Klappenberger Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Yeah, besides, everybody knows that electrons are green. They would never want to go into a red wire! At least they are still yellow. That goes very well with red and green! If you mix red light with green light you get yellow light. That must be the real reason for this change.... Al K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Those are some very cool looking caps. Mikey likes em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Polarity makes a difference in some circuits. Usually the mark denotes the wire hooked to the outside layer. This is best hooked to ground (where required). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Are the Christmas caps any easier to solder Al? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBK Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Heard on the floor of the Hovland production line: "Hey, were out of the regular wire .....is Radio Shack still open?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Looks to me like they might color the sound somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I suspect this was done to ease the fears of, and stop calls from, people like my brother-in-law. While he was trying to hook up a telephone he called me at least four times for direction. Each time I said, "There are two wires. You can hook them up either way." He would be much more comfortable with the new Hovlands, if only he weren't color blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consistent Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 I did ask once what the colors mean...this is the response I received from one of the technical boffins.. "On the Coupling series caps, the red lead is the inner foil's edge and >should be connected as the output side of the cap, towards the the next >stage in the circuit. If the output side of circuit is not obvious (or >if used in parallel, say in a crossover or as a power supply bypass), >then connect the red lead to the lower potential side. On the Speaker >MusiCap series, the lead with the blue stripe is equivalent to the the >red lead, so the same above guidelines apply. The capacitors will of >course work fine in either direction, but we think you will find that >or suggestions will yield a more natural, less fatiguing >presentation--though not quite as initially "exciting" as going the >other way". There you have it Believe It Or Not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Yup, because Audiophools will believe almost everything. Also make sure you 'Cook' and then 'Freeze' your interconnects before using them! I thought it was "Freeze" then "Cook" the ICs?!?! [:^)] Doesn't really matter. I just put mine in the microwave oven for 1 and 1/2 hours on the Roast Beef setting. BTW, in doing this, it also does wonders for the microwave oven! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Klappenberger Posted May 2, 2006 Author Share Posted May 2, 2006 "if used in parallel, say in a crossover or as a power supply bypass, then connect the red lead to the lower potential side. On the Speaker MusiCap series, the lead with the blue stripe is equivalent to the the red lead" This is exacty opposite to how I was told to connect them early on! I have been connecting the blue striped lead to ground or on to the next stage on every netwrok I have ever built with them. That's over 200 set now. It's pure BS! The inside or outside foil is meaningless on a spiral anyhow except for the outermost turn! That means nothing to a crossover network. Al K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 IOW's, you loused up 200 networks. Good Lord, they must all sound horrid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 A little lipstick and they would have something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAD Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Al, I guess I need to send my networks back to you to have the caps reversed. Would that be covered under warranty? Will I need to reverse the wires going to the individual drivers when I reinstall them? I guess I should also rotate my speakers so the wear evenly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 So I guess if I don't want this feature and want legacy non-polarized caps, I will need two in series, and either put them green to green or red to red? But wait, then I would have a polarized cap, so I would need 2 pairs of green to green or red to red. No that would not work either because I would be back to where I started with a polarized non-polarized capacitor. This must be a new way to sell more caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Klappenberger Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 Guys, There's and easy fix for these backwards caps. All you do is turn your speakers up-side-down! [] AL K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Guys, There's and easy fix for these backwards caps. All you do is turn your speakers up-side-down! [] AL K. I knew there had to be a simple fix for that! LOL [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwc Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Guys, I know this is a dead thread....but..... Is the conclusion that the input/output of these capacitors nothing I should worry about? I am about to use one in series with a filter....unparalleled with another cap. jc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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