Crossovers


I have a pair of B&W Matrix 803 S2's from about 20 years ago. Would they benefit from replacing both the HF and the LF crossovers of just capacitors?
steve42307
I had all the Caps changed in the x-overs of a 30 year old set of speakers - replaced them with Mundorf caps.

Cost $250 for both x-overs

As long as the speaker surrounds are in good shape you won't be wasting your money - I had to have my speaker surrounds replaced also.

They now sound much better than they did with the original caps

I can highly recommend Mundorf :-)

Regards...
Steve - I just remembered I also had to have a couple of the heavy duty resistors replaced - they were looking "well worn" - but they we're cheap compared to the caps.

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Steve - also take the opportunity to assess the state of the internal wires.

Copper Quality has come a long way since they were built and it may be advantageous to rewire them as well, but don't go overboard with really heavy gauge wire.

Something like Furutech FS 303 should suffice, but separate the two conductors.

For the short runs in the speaker enclosure, cable gauge is less important but copper quality should reap benefits.

Regards...