Best caps for speaker crossover?

Hovlands

Nickt, what do you like about the Hovlands? Have you compared it to any of the others I mentioned? Thanks.

Don't forget Sonicaps. Some of the most natural and musical caps I've heard in a crossover (for my drivers - Scanspeak's).

But it all depends on the speakers and drivers that are being used. Each cap has a "style" or "sound" to it, as does each driver. You really want to mate them.

Bottom line - there's no "best" cap for all situations.

Enjoy,
Bob

What are the cap values? Some are QUITE large, and replacing with, say, TRT D-Caps would cost hundred$.

Personally, I've been very satisfied with NorthCreek Zens in large values--they seem a little smoother than, say, SCR/Solens/Axons--with TRT D-Caps as smaller values and bypasses on the (larger) NCs. But the SCR/Solens/Axons are unbeatable in quality v. performance, especially in large values.

See http://www.altavistaaudio.com/caps.html for a highly experienced person's opinions on cap quality.
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