Thoughts on replacing caps in 30 year old speakers


Thiel cs7 to be exact . Worth the investment ? Upgradew internal wiring at same time ? Thoughts please .
maplegrovemusic
That harbeth forum is one i had read . what was the final thought on the polyropylene caps lifetime ?
it's a long, complicated response.  Harbeth's do not need new caps, other speakers might...I think that was his conclusion
Stolen makes four basic grades of cap, in ascending order: metallized polypropylene (black), tin foil and polypropylene film (white), metallized teflon (blue), and tin foil and teflon film (green). They sound very different.

Metallized poly is the least expensive of the audiophile grades. It sounds relatively smeared. Tin film and foil is a big improvement in clarity, but this may not suit your system as a whole. I find that teflon adds a slight edge, which may make your system unlistenably sharp, or much more life-like, or something in between. As ever, YMMD.

In critical applications I divide the critical value into 3: 1/3 Solen teflon f&f, 2/3 styrene. This gives me a slight edge from the teflon, and a slight rounding from the styrene, for a pleasingly neutral sound. Unfortunately Solen does not sell styrene.

Not only would I do it, I have done it. As you can infer.