Poll: caps and inductors

[ultra680]

What are some of you guys using? Im sure it depends on drivers so maybe you could list that too. I mean whether its paper, metal,fiber, etc.
Thanks for the input.

[AJ]

For speakers i use Dayton Poly caps and bennic electrolytics. Madisound aircores or the "Sledgehammer" iron core inductors. Spend the money on the enclosure and the drivers, not boutique crossover parts.

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> What are some of you guys using? Im sure it
> depends on drivers so maybe you could list
> that too. I mean whether its paper,
> metal,fiber, etc.
> Thanks for the input.

I've been using SOLEN stuff, both caps and inductors for a long time. I also like AEROVOX capacitors. And I try to stick to using only DALE or OHMITE resistors.
And I never, ever use electrolytic capacitors for crossovers.

[philiparcario]

> I've been using SOLEN stuff, both caps and
> inductors for a long time. I also like
> AEROVOX capacitors. And I try to stick to
> using only DALE or OHMITE resistors.
> And I never, ever use electrolytic
> capacitors for crossovers.
solen ,dayton, sometimes a small mundorf silver oil cap with a larger solen or dayton. Like a 7.5uf solen plus a .68 uf mundorf to replace a 8uf. think drivers first caps second. sledge hammer inductors. some hi end inductors {goertz 16 awg foil} with hi end tweeters. Dale resistors at newark.com lots of 50watt values good for high power subs, woofers, etc.

[ultra680]

> What are some of you guys using? Im sure it
> depends on drivers so maybe you could list
> that too. I mean whether its paper,
> metal,fiber, etc.
> Thanks for the input.

Any issues with Janzten??? caps and foil ind

[philiparcario]

> Any issues with Janzten??? caps and foil ind
I heard positive about them just never bought them.

[Wolf]

> What are some of you guys using? Im sure it
> depends on drivers so maybe you could list
> that too. I mean whether its paper,
> metal,fiber, etc.
> Thanks for the input.

A standard poly/mylar is decent enough. Usually, it depends on the cost of the drivers to make me swing a higher-cost xover. The topology also matters, as SXO's like less series resistance. In that case I used ferrite-cores or the C-coils. I prefer the Jantzen to the Solen caps, but neither are bad. Some say Hovlands are more for metal-drivers, and some others are non-material discriminant. If you go with Dayton, Bennic, ASC, Solen, GE, Jantzen, or even WIMA or Carli, you shouldn't be disappointed. As far as coils, I like Meniscus' prices, and fit where applicable for the lowest cost. Mad's standard coils aren't badly priced either.
Later,
Wolf

[Wolf]

> I heard positive about them just never
> bought them.

I like the foil inductors and have used them once. A little more difficult to solder up, but values are solid, and they sound good. The wooden-hub is strange to me, as plastic would still work. In my pair they were not glued in, and slide fairly easily. I wouldn't remove them if I were you! =-)
Later,
Wolf

[chrisn]

> A standard poly/mylar is decent enough.
> Usually, it depends on the cost of the
> drivers to make me swing a higher-cost
> xover. The topology also matters, as SXO's
> like less series resistance. In that case I
> used ferrite-cores or the C-coils. I prefer
> the Jantzen to the Solen caps, but neither
> are bad. Some say Hovlands are more for
> metal-drivers, and some others are
> non-material discriminant. If you go with
> Dayton, Bennic, ASC, Solen, GE, Jantzen, or
> even WIMA or Carli, you shouldn't be
> disappointed. As far as coils, I like
> Meniscus' prices, and fit where applicable
> for the lowest cost. Mad's standard coils
> aren't badly priced either.
> Later,
> Wolf

If buying a cap for a specific app(and I do not have the needd values), I usually buy dayton or bennic polys, sometimes Jantzen. If it is a throw-together sort of project I build the values with parts on hand, mostly GE, poly or mylar surplus, and Bennic BP's for shunt values if I do not have the parts or space for poly. Many of my xover's are external, abd it is not uncommon to have 7-8 caps to make up one value. I measure all my caps as well.

Inductors for HP are usually 19 or 20awg air coils, for larger values I like Jantzen P core inductors.

Dayton non inductive or Eagle reistors in thought out designs. I prefer these because the leads are better and less likely to break if/when reused.

Driver cost is a factor in my parts choosing, though with some Neo tweeters, or the HiVi K1, it is easy to surpass the drivers cost. In a series XO I use better, very closely matched parts.

I think wolf's XO box is a good depiction of what parts to use and where.

Hope this helps