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Capacitor Questions Re-capping Dahlquist DQ-20s

I'd like to re-cap my Dahlquist DQ-20s, but I'm running into some problems finding replacements with the same values, especially among higher-end capacitors.

For instance, one of the specified caps in the crossover is "14.5 µF", but I've not found a single one of those online. There are plenty of 15µF capacitors though. Will that substitution work? I have the same questions about 3.0 vs 3.3 and 5.0 vs 4.7/5.6 which are way more common.

Finally, if anyone has done these specific speakers, would you mind sharing what you used and how you liked the results?

Thanks for reading!
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justubes2
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You can parallel the closes values to make up 14.5uf =/- 10 % so you should be fine.

As for the smaller caps, tweeter caps? find some that are exact values, 3 3.3, 4.7, 5, 5.6uf are common values, do check out the different brands.
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