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On good sounding inductors

I am thinking of improving the passive crossover of my Apogee. I had designed the passive crossover of my modified Apogee Fullrange myself, with 1st order 6 db/octave ccrossed at 400 HZ. I used the Alpha Core Goertz inductors. Is there any better sounding inductor than the Goertz? Thanks.
gallant_diva
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johnk
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I havent found any. The silvers are even better.
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stereo_phile
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As a matter of fact, there is. Try Mundorf copper, silver or silver/gold foil (air-core) inductors. Silver is quite a bit more expensive and they're available in 10AWG. see: http://www.hificollective.co.uk/components/mundorf_foilcoils.html
rodman99999
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Be certain that the inductors used are of the same impedance as what they replace, or you will change the response curve of your system.
gallant_diva OP
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Thank you guys. I heard good things about Mundorf but I am not sure if they are better than Alpha-Core. Yes, in terms of guage (10 AWG) they are better than Alpha which come in 12AWG. I decided to go for NorthCreek Music's 8 AWG custom inductors. They have not arrived yet. Will post the results after they are broken in and I have heard them enough to make concrete observations.

Rodman99999 (did I count the 9s right? :)), thanks for the suggestion but my apeaker (moded Apogee Fullrange combined with another Apogee MR/TW) and its crossover is my own creation and hence there is no reference value. It is a first order 6db crossover at 400 HZ. The impedance of the woofer is 1.9 ohm which makes the inductor to be around 0.8 mH.
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